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<p>Created page with &#039;Praised as the most beautiful church in <a href="/index.php?title=Macau&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Macau (page does not exist)">Macau</a>, &#039;&#039;&#039;St. Dominic Church&#039;&#039;&#039; (Igreja de São Domingos) is located at St. Dominic&#039;s Square. A 17th century Baroque church built for ...&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Praised as the most beautiful church in [[Macau]], '''St. Dominic Church''' (Igreja de São Domingos) is located at St. Dominic's Square. A 17th century Baroque church built for Macau's Dominicans, it stands on the site of a chapel built by the Dominicans in the 1590s. The church is painted cream with green doors and windows. <br /> <br /> It was originally built in wood, and rebuilt in stone in 1828 with a layout influenced by both Portuguese and Spanish styles. In the church stand the beautiful statutes of St. Caetano, St. Francis and St. Dominic with carved ivory heads. The 31.5m x 8m nave has two 3-m-wide side aisles. The flooring is ceramic mosaic tiles with floral decorations. The wooden roof is beautifully carved with ventilation lattices. A wooden balcony runs along the upper sections of the side walls. The choir loft above the main doors provides a panoramic view of the plaza in front of the church.<br /> <br /> St. Dominic Church is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<br /> <br /> [[File:St. Dominic Church, Macao.jpg|thumb|St. Dominic Church, Macao]]<br /> [[category:tourism]][[category:church]]</div>

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