The Archives of Macao (; pt, Arquivo de Macau) is a general
archive
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
in
São Lázaro
São Lázaro is the smallest civil parish ( pt, freguesia) of Macau, located in the central-east region of the Macau Peninsula. It is surrounded by the parishes of Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Santo António, and Sé.
This parish was one of five ...
,
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 pop ...
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It collects, processes, protects and make available records pertaining Macau.
History
The Archives of Macao was founded as Macao General Archives (Arquivo Geral de Macau; 澳門總檔案室) on 28 June 1952. In 1979, it was renamed as Historical Archives of Macao (Arquivo Histórico de Macau; 澳門歷史檔案室). In 2016, it was renamed to Archives of Macao.
Architecture
The archive is housed in a mansion with colonial style architecture. It was then restored by the
Government of Macau
The Government of the Macau Special Administrative Region (; Portuguese: Governo da R.A.E. de Macau; conventional short name Macau Government, 澳門政府, Governo de Macau), are headed by secretariats or commissioners and report directly to ...
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Collections
The archive has more than 50,000 files, 70,000 photos and 10,000 publications.
See also
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List of tourist attractions in Macau
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
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History of Macau
Macau is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China. In 1557 it was leased to Portugal as a trading post in exchange for a symbolic annual rent of 500 tael in order to stay in Macau, it remained under Chinese ...
References
External links
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1952 establishments in Macau
Archives in China
Macau Peninsula
Organizations established in 1952
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