The Portuguese controlled Macau from to The Peninsula itself and the islands of Taipa and Coloane is, like Hong Kong, a special.

As a former Portuguese colony since the sixteenth century, Macau keeps various heritages from this European country. Why? Macau is recorded in history as. Later, he served in the then Portuguese colony of Macao and, from to , was with the Portuguese military within the Nato headquarters. The Portuguese administered the city under Chinese authority and sovereignty until , when Macau became a colony of the Portuguese Empire.

Walking through the. Macau was the last possession in Asia and was handed over to the People's Republic of China in Links between the two peoples continued throughout the following four hundred years of Portuguese colonization, with the Portuguese possession of Macau in. My journey through Macao began in its historic heart, where Portuguese colonial relics are still very much alive. Reached by the Portuguese in by en:Vasco da Gama.