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CTT (Macau)
Macau Post and Telecommunications ( pt, Correios e Telecomunicações de Macau; ) is an entity under the Government of Macao responsible for postal services and telecommunications regulation. The acronym ''CTT'' comes from the former name of Portuguese postal administration ( pt, Correios, Telégrafos e Telefones, meaning " Post, Telegraph and Telephone") during the colonial period of Macao. Postal history The Macao Post was founded on 1, March 1884 (separate from Correio Público—Public Post Office of Portugal), as a separate entity from China Post and a sub-member of the Universal Postal Union. Prior to the transfer of the exercise of sovereignty from Portugal to China in 1999, Macau postage stamps bore the Portuguese words (i.e., the 'Portuguese Republic'), but now bear the Portuguese words . Organization The Postal service is headed by a Director with two sub-directors. Services * Postal Services (1884-now) * Postal Savings (1917-now) * Operator of Telecomm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senado Square
The Senado Square, or Senate Square (; pt, Largo do Senado), is a paved town square in Sé, Macau, China, and part of the UNESCO Historic Centre of Macau World Heritage Site. It is an elongated triangular shaped square and connects Largo do São Domingos at one end and Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro on the other. It covers an area of 3,700 square meters (4,425 square yards) History The square was named after the Leal Senado, a meeting place for the Chinese and Portuguese in the 16th to 18th centuries, located directly in front of the square, where Leal Senado Building stands today. In 1940, a small garden was built at the centre of the square, featuring a bronze statue of Vicente Nicolau de Mesquita standing above a stone pillar pulling out a sword. The statue was pulled down in the 12-3 incident as Mesquita was responsible for the deaths of many Qing Chinese soldiers. A fountain was built at its site and still stands today. Vast majority of the buildings around the square ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
