Luís de Camões Garden

Luís de Camões Garden (Chinese: 白鴿巢公園, Portuguese: Jardim de Luís de Camões) is a public park in Santo António, Macau, located next to the Church of Santo António. It is the oldest park in the territory, covering 20,000 square metres (220,000 sq ft) of space. [1]

Luís de Camões Garden
Entrance of Camões Garden
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese白鴿巢公園
Simplified Chinese白鸽巢公园
Literal meaning(White) Pigeon/Dove Nest Park
Portuguese name
PortugueseJardim de Luís de Camões

Camões Grotto is the former home of 16th century Portuguese poet Luís de Camões and one time Macau resident. Years later, the British East India Company bought the mansion and established its headquarters there.

The facility includes the Macao Public Library Wong Ieng Kuan Library in Luís de Camões Garden (Biblioteca de Wong Ieng Kuan no Jardim Luís de Camões Garden; 白鴿巢公園黃營均圖書館)[2]

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References

Media related to Camões Garden at Wikimedia Commons

  1. "Luís de Camões: Um jardim, três comunidades – Revista Macau". 14 April 2020.
  2. "Camões Garden". Government of Macau. Retrieved 2019-05-06.

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