Casa Garden

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Casa Garden
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Casa Garden
Traditional Chinese東方基金會會址
Simplified Chinese东方基金会会址
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinDōngfāng Jījīnhuì Huìzhǐ
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingdung1 fong1 gei1 gam1 wui6*2 wui? zi2

The Casa Garden (Chinese: 東方基金會會址) is a small parkette located in Santo António, Macau, China. The area is the headquarters of the Macau delegation of the Orient Foundation.[1]

History

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Built in 1770, the park was originally the residence of a wealthy Portuguese merchant, Manuel Pereira. At a later period, it was rented out to the English East India Company and was used to house the directors of the Macau branch of the company. In 2005, it was officially enlisted as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Macau. Nowadays it is a cultural centre, which promotes a cross between Portuguese and Macau/Chinese art. In 2014 Sofia Areal had an exhibition in Casa Garden after a monthly residence in Macau.[2] Coupled with an exhibition in Lisbon in 2015 in the Museum of the Orient.[3]

Architecture

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The park contains the old residence, the Old Protestant Cemetery and an art gallery.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Casa Garden". Macau International Airport. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  2. ^ "Sofia Areal em exposição na Casa Garden". Ponto Final (in Portuguese). 2014-12-08. Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  3. ^ "A Oriente tudo de novo – Cadernos de viagem". Museu Fundação Oriente (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2017-01-06. Retrieved 2017-01-12.