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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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