The Casa Garden () is a small parkette located in

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. The area is the headquarters of the Macau delegation of the Orient Foundation.

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 The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874. It was formed to trade in the Indian Ocean region, initially with the East Indies (the Indian subcontinent and Southe ...

and was used to house the directors of the Macau branch of the company. In 2005, it was officially enlisted as part of the

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''. Nowadays it is a cultural centre, which promotes a cross between Portuguese and Macau/Chinese art. In 2014

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had an exhibition in Casa Garden after a monthly residence in

. Coupled with an exhibition in Lisbon in 2015 in Museum of the Orient.

Architecture

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

References

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History

Architecture

See also

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