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Crown Towers - Macau
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Crown Towers - Macau is the city's first six-star hotel and the tallest building on Taipa...
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Historic center of Macau
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The Macau Special Administrative Region (Traditional Chinese: 澳門特別行政區 (Pinyin: Aomen Tebie Xingzhengqu); Portuguese: Região Administrativa Especial de Macau, abbreviated as RAEM), commonly known as Macau or Macao (Traditional Chinese: 澳門, or informally known as 馬交 maa-gau) is one of the two special administrative regions (SARs) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), along with Hong Kong. Administered by Portugal until 1999, it was the oldest European colony in China, dating back to the 16th century. The administrative power over Macau was transferred to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1999.
Besides historical Chinese and Portuguese world-heritage relics, Macau's biggest attraction is its gambling industry and casinos. Though many forms of gambling are legal here, the most popular game is baccarat, which generates over two thirds of the gaming industry's gross receipts.
Macau preserves China's largest group of historical properties in the urban area, as it had almost five centuries of incessant osculation between West and East, after the Portuguese seafarers settled in Macau in the mid-sixteenth century. The Historic Centre of Macau includes some twenty-eight historic monuments and eight public squares.
Main landmarks include:
*A-Ma Temple
*Casa Garden
*Casino Lisboa
*Fortaleza do Monte
*Guia Fortress
*Macau Fisherman's Wharf
*Macau Tower
*Old Protestant Cemetery
*Ruins of Saint Paul's Cathedral
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