Holy Rosary Cathedral also called s. Domingos or Dominican church, dedicated to our lady of Fatima, Portuguese is worship of god. Hall of memory has many rich interesting paintings and statues, especially in Jesus Christ as the most well-known, can see the ancient Spanish religious art characteristics and style from.
By 1587, the Spanish club built in meeting people, Holy Rosary (Our Lady of the Rosary) primarily, next year by the Portuguese missionaries took over. Because at first only by a wooden platform, so it is called "Chinese s. Domingos", until seventeenth Century to masonry structure.
The church was rebuilt in 1828, gradually developed into the present scale. The board Zhang hall dedicated to our lady of Fatima, our lady of Fatima legend is worshipped the goddess. In 1874 when the damage because of fire, later it was rebuilt after the formation of now.
Since 1929, the Roman Catholic bishop of Macao approved the our lady of Fatima as enshrined in the Rose Hall, let the believers worship; annual meeting held before 13 May, rose nine salute; 13 pm the same day, also held a grand parade of the Australian icon, is more than the few Catholic festival activities, very characteristic. The parade in the afternoon six when begin, first held a dedication ceremony, benediction and Portuguese mass at Rose Hall, then our lady of Fatima icon into a car, by wearing white, wearing a white lady after the original group's team member to carry, Rose Basilica as the starting point, carry Madonna the parade along singing hymns, prayer, chanting, the South Bay and West Bay West Guia Hill sea career Lady Chapel before. It is worth noting that, at the end of the parade will follow the three boy dressed child, to celebrate our lady of Fatima to shepherd a miracle three. This route is the longest existing icons tour activities, when it arrived at the bishop hill, is the evening sunset, parade held the candle parade in the mountains, like a dragon, the scene is spectacular, and solemn, is full of religious atmosphere.
From 1929 onwards, the Roman Catholic bishop of Macao approved the our lady of Fatima as enshrined in the Rose Hall, in order to facilitate the believers worship. Every year before 13 May, believers in the rose hall held a nine day salute activities. By May 13th, there will be more big parade, as the local not Catholic Festival, held each characteristic. Icon cruise began in around six pm, the first was held worship ceremony in the Rose Hall, followed by benediction and Portuguese mass, then our lady of Fatima was transferred into a car, by wearing a white dress wearing white gauze of the Virgin Group's team member after carrying, with Rose Basilica as a starting point, protect a Madonna street, along the way also singing hymns, chanting prayers, at the Yangshan sea career Lady Chapel by South Bay and West Bay road.
In particular, in the back of the parade will be three cowboy dress children, taking action to commemorate the year our lady of Fatima to shepherd a miracle three. This route can be said to be the longest existing icons out case, so when reaching the bishop hill, already the four, that the parade to hold the candle lighting, bishop Hill brilliantly illuminated in the dusk, like a long queue flash now view. The scene was very mighty spectacular, full of strong religious atmosphere.
In 1990 and largely rebuilt in 2006. Reconstruction of adjacent tower for the holy house church, the Diocese of Macao cultural relics on display; and now in this part of the history of Macao city; many in the Australian artist once carried on the description.
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Rose Hall, the middle main altar.
The church has three Temple, the temple of the Lord is deep and wide, a road built with solid brick arches separated the main body and the church.
The church ceiling covered with decorative patterns, which has a crown pattern, just before the main altar, temple gate Diaogong fine; internal colorful stained glass composition, different shapes and patterns, to the people and lively sense; the altar is provided with a plastic like the virgin holding a child, the church is decorated with flowers to, Madonna, in May 13th of each year, our lady of Fatima outing this church as a starting point.
In 1997 the government of Macao to the church to carry out a comprehensive repair project, and set up a sacred treasures in the three-storey tower, a collection of works of art of the mass products and wood carving icon treasures.
The church has three main hall, main building is gorgeous, give people a feeling of solemn and deep. Between the church and hall main body has a solid brick building arch.
The church ceiling decoration is very beautiful, the layout of the crown logo colors and elegant, very attract sb.'s attention. Hall door carving church and meticulous, strong artistic characteristics. Temple inside arranged orderly, colorful color makes people feel be good to hear or see. Especially from the beautiful stained glass is made of patterns, is to give people the feeling of novelty. A statue of virgin bosom child kindly disposed in the altar of the church, and the church is placed within the our lady of Fatima like. In May 13th of each year, our lady of Fatima travel is to take this as the beginning of the church activities.
The Macao government in 1997 had been to church for a comprehensive repair, and the layout of the rare relics treasure-house in up to three layers of the bell tower, a collection of art treasures category icons.
����Architectural features
The church door Diaogong fine, ceilings covered with decorative patterns, the church interior colour, shape is not a color glass and bright bright patterns, the altar in the church the holy image, then put our lady of Fatima like.
Above the front of the church with the Dominican logo. On the front side of the bottom is divided into three layers, each layer are cylinders with different styles of a door and window position, the top is the pediments, seventeenth Century church luxury style. And internally by a high broad hall and two side hall, main hall and the side by several circular arches are separated, but also has a circular arch division between the altar and the temple of the Lord, small altar at a temple.
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