Ruins of St. Paul Macau Holidays Tour Travel
Ruins of St. Paul Macau is a Church located on reclaimed Santo Antonio, Macau. We offer complete Ruins of St. Paul Macau tour packages, destination best tour offers and travel deals and Destination holiday packages for family. The Ruins of St. Paul Macau stands adjacent to the famous Mount Fortress and Macau Museum. The front fa?ade and the grand stone stairs are the only remains of the greatest church.
Built with granites, Sam Ba Sing Tzik has a baroque facade rich in ornamentation but with classic oriental characteristics. Ruins of St. Paul Macau from the bottom up, the structure has five tiers. The first tier is comprised of ten Ionic columns with three entrances. The Ruins of St. Paul Macau entrance in the middle has 'MATER DEI' carved into it. The two entrances on each side are decorated with bas-reliefs in the pattern of 'HIS'. The Ruins of St. Paul Macau second tier features ten Corinthian columns with three windows. A Catholic saint is enshrined in each of four tabernacles between columns. The two tiers as a whole is said to represent the Society of Jesus and the activities of missionaries.
The Ruins of St. Paul Macau remaining three tiers are the most decorated. The statue of Madonna stands in the middle of the third tier, while the statue of Jesus stands on the fourth. The Ruins of St. Paul Macau walls are covered with bas-reliefs in various patterns like devils, angels, symbols of crucifixion, a Portuguese sailing ship, etc. The Ruins of St. Paul Macau triangular combination of the upper three tiers reflects the Holy Trinity (the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit) as well as the Blessed Virgin Mary. Ruins of St. Paul Macau is a cross stands at the coping of the wall.
Ruins of St. Paul Macau is worth mentioning that the stone lions at the sides of the third and fourth tiers are distinctively Chinese. There are also bas-reliefs in designs of chrysanthemum and cherry, as well as Chinese inscriptions. The Ruins of St. Paul Macau surviving facade has long been acknowledged as a perfect fusion of western and eastern cultures.
The Ruins of St. Paul's Macau has been restored during 1990 and 1995. The Museum of Sacred Art and Crypt was also built at that time. Ruins of St. Paul Macau has exhibitions of religions artworks including paintings, sculptures and statues.