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Lotus Square 金莲花广场Jīnliánhuā Guǎngchǎng
Macau, Macau
- Time needed
- 15 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Macau
- Region
- Macau
- Type
- City
About Lotus Square
A public square (Praça Flor de Lótus) whose centrepiece is Lotus Flower in Full Bloom, a gilded-bronze sculpture 6 metres high that the State Council presented in 1999 to mark the handover of Macau. The red granite base has three layers shaped like lotus leaves, standing for the Macau Peninsula, Taipa and Coloane. The Macau Forum and the Tourism Activities Centre stand beside it.
How to get to Lotus Square
On Rua de Luís Gonzaga Gomes beside the Macau Forum, about 1.4 km east of Senado Square; buses 3 and 10 stop at Lotus Square.
Nearby
- Historic Centre of Macau 澳门历史城区 under 10 km
Portuguese tiled squares, baroque churches and Chinese temples, a short walk apart - Tian Tan Buddha & Ngong Ping 天坛大佛与昂坪 40 km
A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride
Also within 20 km: Macau Grand Prix Museum 澳门大赛车博物馆 (under 10 km), Commemorative Gallery of the Macau Basic Law 澳门基本法纪念馆 (under 10 km), Bronze Statue of Xian Xinghai 冼星海纪念铜像 (under 10 km), Macau Fisherman's Wharf 澳门渔人码头 (under 10 km), Guia Fortress 东望洋炮台 (under 10 km), Sculpture Park of the Chinese Ethnics 中华民族雕塑园 (under 10 km).
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