Fortress
Guia Fortress
🇨🇳 China · 19th century
The Guia Fortress (Portuguese: Fortaleza da Guia; Chinese: 東望洋炮台) is a 17th-century colonial military fort, chapel, and lighthouse complex in São Lázaro, Macau. The complex is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Macau.
The view of the fortress and the lighthouse has been blocked by the Macau Liaison Office since 2010, which is seen by local citizens and scholars as an example that the conservation of heritage in urban planning was ignored by the Macao government.
Text adapted from “Guia Fortress” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Guia Fortress ranks #2,171 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #44 of the 115 mapped in China. Founded 1865, it is older than 7% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 562 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,416 times in the last 60 days, more than 58% of the atlas. 9 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Zhuhai, 9 km away. See how China compares in the castle statistics.
View on the interactive castle map →Frequently asked questions
Where is Guia Fortress?
Guia Fortress stands in China, at 22.1965°, 113.55°.
When was Guia Fortress built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1865. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Guia Fortress?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #2,171 of 7,738 worldwide, and #44 in China. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Guia Fortress?
Fortaleza do Monte, about 1 km away.
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