Macau Peninsula

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cemeteries A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...

on mainland or peninsula were made available to the Europeans only. * Old Protestant Cemetery * Cemitério São Miguel Arcanjo – Saint Michael the Archangel Cemetery is the largest Catholic cemetery in Macau * Cemitério Novo de Mong Há New Mong Há Cemetery * Cemitério dos Parses Parsee Cemetery – established in 1822 *

Macau Mosque and Cemetery The Macau Mosque and Cemetery (; pt, Mesquita e Cemitério de Macau) is the only mosque and Muslim cemetery in Macau, China, located in the parish of Nossa Senhora de Fátima. History It is believed that Macau Mosque was built by Muslims w ...

(Mesquita e Cemiterio de Macau) – the only mosque and burial site of Macau's Muslim population * Cemiterio De Nossa Senhora Da Piedade (Our Lady of Sorrows Cemetery) – Catholic Cemetery

Coloane and Taipa

The cemeteries on Coloane and Taipa were used by the Chinese of Macau. Some cemeteries have a view of sea, something desired by the Chinese. Colonae * Cemitério Hac Sa – small cemetery located on the southern end of Coloane * Cemiterio Sun I – small cemetery on the southern end of Coloane * Cemiterio Unido das Associacoes de Coloane – small cemetery located on the southern end of Coloane Taipa * Cemiterio Municipal da Taipa – cemetery located on Taipa across from Edifício do Lago. * Cemiterio de Budista (United Chinese Cemetery) – one of the largest cemeteries in Macau and used by Macau's Chinese of Confucian, Taoist and Buddhist faiths; located on the northern foot of the Taipa Grande Hill.

Temples and Altars

For Chinese in Macau, the ashes of the deceased are not interred in cemeteries, but often placed in altars at various Buddhist temples throughout Macau.

References

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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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