Casa Garden

22°12′01.1″N 113°32′23.6″E

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 Pinyin Dōngfāng Jījīnhuì Huìzhǐ Yue: Cantonese Jyutping dung1 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

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

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

See also

• List of tourist attractions in Macau

References

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.