Treasure of Sacred Art in the St Dominic's Church

Treasure of Sacred Art in the St Dominic's Church

Treasure of Sacred Art in the St. Dominic's Church in Macau, China is one of the museums in Macau housed near the St. Dominic's church. The building housing the museum was wooden building built during the 17th century. But this Macau museum was replaced by a magnificent structure three naves in subsequent period. In the middle of the 18th century under the influence of the colonial baroque architecture, the builders added decorative motives attributed to this region.

Treasure of Sacred Art in the St. Dominic's Church in Macau, China has been opened to the tourists since 1997. When the ruler in Portugal abolished the Religious Orders in 1834, the Church received a large number of blessed art pieces. This art pieces now constitute the leading attraction in this finest museum.

Travel to Macau and no admiration of the museums in Macau, China don't go well with any Macanese. The rooms of Treasure of Sacred Art in the St. Dominic's Church in Macau is inundated with rich collections of gold items, busts, richly bejeweled canonicals, spiritual paintings as well as many liturgical yachts. The objects showed collected either from Macau or from other parts of Asia, most prominently from India. The total number of pieces is 300 dating back as far as 16th century and those too of superb quality.

Treasure of Sacred Art in the St. Dominic's Church in Macau, China has an Electronic Guide of Macau written in Portuguese, Chinese and English languages is just outside the museum. The purpose is to disseminate effective knowledge to the visitors on their travel to Macau. Plan your Macau tour and take pleasure in the museums in the isles of Macau, China, Asia. Asiarooms offers online information on Macau travel. For more information, explore relevant links on Macau travel on Asiarooms.

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