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Avenida Doutor Mário Soares
Avenida Doutor Mário Soares is a multi-lane street at the southern end of the Macau peninsula terminating at Praça Ferreira Amaral. Naming The street Alameda Avenida Doutor Mário Soares was named after Mário Soares, Prime Minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985. Major buildings Amongst others, the Grand Emperor Hotel & Casino, the F.I.T. Center of Macau and the Lakeview Tower apartment building are located at this street, though their official entrance lobbies is on the opposite side facing Avenida Comercial de Macau. The New Yaohan shopping mall and the Bank of China Building, Macau have their official address at this avenue.As indicated here: http://www.bocmacau.com/en/pbservice/pb5/200912/t20091223_933862.html At the southern end of the street, the Praça Ferreira Amaral roundabout and the Ponte Governador Nobre de Carvalho bridge are located. See also * List of roads in Macau This is an ''incomplete list'' of roads in Macau. Roads in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macau
Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a population of about 680,000 and an area of , it is the most densely populated region in the world. Formerly a Portuguese colony, the territory of Portuguese Macau was first leased to Portugal as a trading post by the Ming dynasty in 1557. Portugal paid an annual rent and administered the territory under Chinese sovereignty until 1887. Portugal later gained perpetual colonial rights in the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking. The colony remained under Portuguese rule until 1999, when it was transferred to China. Macau is a special administrative region of China, which maintains separate governing and economic systems from those of mainland China under the principle of " one country, two systems".. The unique blend of Portuguese and Chinese arc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and borders fourteen countries by land, the most of any country in the world, tied with Russia. Covering an area of approximately , it is the world's third largest country by total land area. The country consists of 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four municipalities, and two Special Administrative Regions (Hong Kong and Macau). The national capital is Beijing, and the most populous city and financial center is Shanghai. Modern Chinese trace their origins to a cradle of civilization in the fertile basin of the Yellow River in the North China Plain. The semi-legendary Xia dynasty in the 21st century BCE and the well-attested Shang and Zhou dynasties developed a bureaucratic political system to serve hereditary monarchies, or dyna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mário Soares
Mário Alberto Nobre Lopes Soares, GColTE, GCC, GColL (; 7 December 1924 – 7 January 2017) was a Portuguese politician, who served as prime minister of Portugal from 1976 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985, and subsequently as the 17th president of Portugal from 1986 to 1996. He was the first secretary-general of the Socialist Party, from its foundation in 1973 to 1986. A major political figure in Portugal, he is considered the father of Portuguese democracy. Family Soares was the son of João Lopes Soares ( Leiria, Arrabal, 17 November 1879 – Lisbon, Campo Grande, 31 July 1970), founder of the Colégio Moderno in Lisbon, government minister and then anti-fascist republican activist who had been a priest before impregnating and marrying Elisa Nobre Baptista ( Santarém, Pernes, 8 September 1887 – Lisbon, Campo Grande, 28 February 1955), Mário Soares's mother, at the 7th Conservatory of the Civil Register of Lisbon on 5 September 1934. His father also had another son by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Emperor Hotel & Casino
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Lakeview Tower
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Avenida Comercial De Macau
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New Yaohan
New Yaohan (, Portuguese: Novo Yaohan) is a department store in Macau, China. It was established on September 18, 1997, from the Macau branch of Yaohan, which was the first department store on the island. New Yaohan is a fully owned subsidiary company of Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau (STDM). The store is located on Avenida Dr. Mário Soares, Praia Grande, with one outlet store in Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal. History The Japanese retail group Yaohan established a branch store in Macau which was located on Avenida da Amizade, next to Jai Alai Casino (Chinese: , Portuguese: Cassino Jai Alai) in 1992; at the time of its opening, the store was the first department store in Macau. As Kazuo Wada, the director-general of Yaohan Japan, announced that the group was filing for bankruptcy on September 18, 1997, Panda Sociedade de Gestao de Investimentos Limitada, a subsidiary company of Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau and Shun Tak Holdings, purchased the ownership ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bank Of China Building, Macau
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Praça Ferreira Amaral
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Ponte Governador Nobre De Carvalho
The Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge, also known as the Macau–Taipa Bridge, is a dual-lane two-way bridge connecting Macau Peninsula near Casino Lisboa, Macau, Casino Lisboa and the island of Taipa at the northern slope of Taipa Pequena (Small Taipa Hill) crossing the former Baía da Praia Grande. It is the first bridge in Macau, to connect the peninsula and Taipa. It is locally known as "The Old Bridge" (). The flag of Macau uses this bridge as an emblem. History The bridge was designed by Edgar Cardoso. Construction started in June 1970, during Portuguese rule. With a length of and a width of , it was open to traffic in October 1974. The middle of the bridge is raised over a distance of 1213 m to allow vessels to pass through a 73 m wide passage. The highest point of the bridge is above sea level. Seen from a distance, this part of the bridge resembles a flat triangle. It is named after José Manuel de Sousa e Faria Nobre de Carvalho, the Governor of Macau from 25 November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Roads In Macau
This is an ''incomplete list'' of roads in Macau. Roads in Macau use Portuguese spelling and are named after historic figures or places in Macau or Portugal. There are 321 kilometres of roads in Macau maintained by the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT), Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM), and the Transport Bureau (DSAT). Signage Road signs in Macau are in Portuguese and traditional Chinese. They consist of white tiles attached on concrete posts or on walls of buildings. Signage on bridges is white with black lettering (Portuguese and Chinese). Naming In some cases road names are the same in meaning for both Portuguese name and Chinese name. However, there are some cases where Portuguese and Chinese meaning differ, such as Praceta de 24 Junho (Plaza of June 24) which is shown as 城市日前地, which translates as ''City Day Plaza'' instead. Road Types * Estrada – Road * Rua – Street * Pátio – Yard * Avenida – Avenue Macau has 50 km of paved roads (estra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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