Praia Grande Bay ( pt, link=no, Baía da Praia Grande, lit=large beach or ) or Nam Van (), officially known as Ou Mun (), is a bay in
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 ...
,
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 ...
. Located on the east side of the
Macau Peninsula
The Macau Peninsula is the most populous and historical part of Macau. It has an area of () and is geographically connected to Guangdong Province at the northeast through an isthmus wide. The peninsula, together with downtown Zhuhai, sits o ...
, it served as the chief
promenade
An esplanade or promenade is a long, open, level area, usually next to a river or large body of water, where people may walk. The historical definition of ''esplanade'' was a large, open, level area outside fortress or city walls to provide cle ...
in Macau. It was the site of the governor's palace, the administrative offices, the consulates, and the leading commercial establishments. It has been credited as probably the "most depicted view of 19th-century Macau",
[Lamas, Rosmarie W. N. (2006). ''Everything in Style: Harriett Low's Macau''. Hong Kong University Press. p. 39. .] and its most characteristic landmark for many years.
[Lee, Choy Khoon; Lee, Khoon Choy (2008). ''Passage Through China''. China Knowledge Press. p. 558. .] The bay was confined by the Fortress of St. Francis in the north-east and the Fortress of Bomparto in the south-west. Only a few colonial buildings remain, and the landscape has been largely altered by
land reclamation
Land reclamation, usually known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a waste landfill), is the process of creating new land from oceans, seas, riverbeds or lake beds. The land reclaimed is known as reclamati ...
and high-rise buildings.
Gallery
File:Pria Granda, Macao.jpg, The Praia Grande (published 1843)
File:Praya Grande from north.jpg, Praia Grande from the north, c. 1830
File:Praya Grande from south.jpg, Praia Grande from the south, c. 1830
File:View Praya Grande.jpg, View of Praia Grande from a doorway on Penha Hill
The Penha Hill (; pt, Colina da Penha) is a hill in São Lourenço, Macau, China.
Geology
At an elevation of above sea level, the hill is the third highest hill in Macau. On its slope, lays many pieces of granites.
Features
At the top of th ...
, 1834
File:The Praya Grande, Macau.jpg, Praia Grande, 1825–52
File:Praya Grande from Mr. Endicott's Garden.jpg, Praya Grande from Mr. Endicott's Garden, 1860 - 80
See also
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Geography of Macau
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Macau is a Special Administrative Region on the southern coast of China. It is located at the south of Guangdong Province, on the tip of the peninsula formed by the Zhujiang (Pearl River) estuary on the east and the Xijiang (West Rive ...
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Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbour in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island in the south from the Kowloon Peninsula to the north. The harbour's deep, sheltered waters and strategic location on South China Sea were instrumental in ...
References
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Beaches of Macau
Bays of China
Water in Macau