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Loyal Senate

Leal Senado

Built to house Macau's municipal government, the Leal Senado has a neo-classical design and much of the original layout and structure has been retained through the years. The first floor has a ceremonial meeting room that adjoins an elaborate library. The name "Loyal Senate" is derived from the name bestowed upon Macau - "City of Our Name of God Macau, There is None More Loyal" - by King Dom João IV in 1654 because the colony's senate refused to recognise Spain's occupation of Portugal in the early 1600s.

Address
Building, 165, Av de Almeida Ribeiro
Getting there
directly facing the Senate Square

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

Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.