Old Macau City Walls Sections are the remains of the wall that surround Macau

Macau

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 in the 16th Century. Built in 1696, the wall was needed as a defensive measure against attacks by the Chinese and other invaders. Not approved by the Chinese, the wall was destroyed by the Ming

Ming Dynasty

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 authorities until 1622. The city wall sections are now part of the Historic Centre of Macau

Historic Centre of Macau

The Historic Centre of Macau is a collection of over twenty locations that witness the unique assimilation and co-existence of Chinese and Portuguese cultures in Macau, a former Portuguese colony...

 UNESCO

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 World Heritage Site

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The wall's construction is unique by the type of materials used to build it:

• clay
• sand
• rice straw
• rocks
• oyster shells

The wall fell in disrepair and sections removed once the threat disappeared.