Praia Grande Bay (Portuguese: Baía da Praia Grande, lit. 'large beach' or Chinese: 大灣; lit. 'large bay') or Nam Van (Chinese: 南灣; lit. 'south bay'), officially known as Ou Mun (Chinese: 澳門)[citation needed], is a bay in Macau, China. Located on the east side of the Macau Peninsula, it served as the chief promenade in Macau. It was the site of the governor's palace, the administrative offices, the consulates, and the leading commercial establishments.[1] It has been credited as probably the "most depicted view of 19th-century Macau",[2] and its most characteristic landmark for many years.[3] The bay was confined by the Fortress of St. Francis in the north-east and the Fortress of Bomparto in the south-west. Only a few colonial buildings remain, and the landscape has been largely altered by land reclamation and high-rise buildings.[2]
^Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Macao" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 191; see lines six to eight. Along the east side of the peninsula runs the Praya Grande, or Great Quay, the chief promenade in Macao, on which stand the governor's palace, the administrative offices, the consulates and the leading commercial establishments
^ abLamas, Rosmarie W. N. (2006). Everything in Style: Harriett Low's Macau. Hong Kong University Press. p. 39. ISBN9622097898.
^Lee, Choy Khoon; Lee, Khoon Choy (2008). Passage Through China. China Knowledge Press. p. 558. ISBN9814163430.
The Praia Grande (published 1843)
Praia Grande from the north, c. 1830
Praia Grande from the south, c. 1830
View of Praia Grande from a doorway on Penha Hill, 1834
Praia Grande, 1825–52
Praya Grande from Mr. Endicott's Garden, 1860 - 80
