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Lilau Square

Pretty little square surrounded by the old Mediterranean-style houses of one of Macau's oldest residential areas. The square has a spring where it is said that "One who drinks from Lilau never forgets Macau".

Address: Largo do Lilau
Getting there: along Calçada da Barra

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Listing from Wikivoyage: Macau/Peninsula, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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