Senado Square

Central pedestrian square paved in Portuguese mosaic stonework, surrounded by colonial-era public buildings. UNESCO-listed.

Senado Square is the geographic and historic heart of Macau, paved in distinctive black-and-white wave-pattern Portuguese calçada stonework. The square is fronted by the Leal Senado Building (1784, the former colonial municipal council seat), the General Post Office, the Holy House of Mercy and St Dominic's Church (1587, one of the oldest churches in Asia). UNESCO-listed in 2005 as part of the Historic Centre of Macau. From here it's a 10-minute walk to the Ruins of St Paul's.