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== History ==
== History ==


The first formalised border crossing was built in 1573, which was subsequently repaired and rebuilt several times until the present border gate was erected in 1870.<ref>{{cite book |last=Wordie |first=Jason |date=2013 |title=Macao - People and Places, Past and Present |url= |location=Hong Kong |publisher=Angsana Limited |isbn=978-988-12696-0-7 |accessdate=2013-12-02 | page =2 | chapter=1. Portas do Cerco }}</ref>
The first formalised border crossing was built in 1573, which was subsequently repaired and rebuilt several times until the present border gate was erected in 1870.<ref>{{cite book |last=Wordie |first=Jason |date=2013 |title=Macao - People and Places, Past and Present |url= |location=Hong Kong |publisher=Angsana Limited |isbn=978-988-12696-0-7 | page =2 | chapter=1. Portas do Cerco }}</ref>


During the 1950s and 1960s the Portas do Cerco was also referred to as ''Far Eastern Checkpoint Charlie'' with a major border incident happening in 1952 with Portuguese African Troops exchanging fire with Chinese Communist border guards.<ref>{{cite book |last=Wordie |first=Jason |date=2013 |title=Macao - People and Places, Past and Present |url= |location=Hong Kong |publisher=Angsana Limited |isbn=978-988-12696-0-7 |accessdate=2013-12-02 | pages =6–7 | chapter=1. Portas do Cerco }}</ref> According to reports, the exchange lasted for 1-and-three-quarter hours leaving one dead and several dozens injured on Macau side and more than 100 casualties claimed on the Communist Chinese side.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=1952-07-31 |title=Macao Portuguese Fire Over Border |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/49044158 |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Perth |publisher=Perth, W. A. : A. Davidson, for the West Australian, 1879 |accessdate=2013-12-02 }}</ref>
During the 1950s and 1960s the Portas do Cerco was also referred to as ''Far Eastern Checkpoint Charlie'' with a major border incident happening in 1952 with Portuguese African Troops exchanging fire with Chinese Communist border guards.<ref>{{cite book |last=Wordie |first=Jason |date=2013 |title=Macao - People and Places, Past and Present |url= |location=Hong Kong |publisher=Angsana Limited |isbn=978-988-12696-0-7 | pages =6–7 | chapter=1. Portas do Cerco }}</ref> According to reports, the exchange lasted for 1-and-three-quarter hours leaving one dead and several dozens injured on Macau side and more than 100 casualties claimed on the Communist Chinese side.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=1952-07-31 |title=Macao Portuguese Fire Over Border |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/49044158 |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Perth |publisher=Perth, W. A. : A. Davidson, for the West Australian, 1879 |accessdate=2013-12-02 }}</ref>


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==

Revision as of 00:57, 12 June 2016

Portas do Cerco
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese關閘
Simplified Chinese关闸
Literal meaningborder gate
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGuānzhá
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinggwaan1 zaap6
Portuguese name
PortuguesePortas do Cerco

Portas do Cerco is an area on the northern tip of the Macau Peninsula known by its border gate built in 1849[citation needed], after a clash between China and Portugal over the death of Macau's governor Ferreira do Amaral. This small battle won for Portugal by Coronel Mesquita led to the extension of Macau northwards by the Portuguese.[1] At the limit of said expansion the historic Portas do Cerco were built with the inscription "A pátria honrai, que a pátria vos contempla" (Portuguese for: "Honor your motherland, for your motherland looks over you") on the façade, and 1849 on its inner arch. For the next 155 years the gate would serve as the border between Macau and Canton.

Macau, now a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China still has an official border with Zhuhai in Mainland China a few meters behind the old barrier gate. The new Posto Fronteiriço das Portas do Cerco (border gate border building) was opened on January 15, 2004.

History

The first formalised border crossing was built in 1573, which was subsequently repaired and rebuilt several times until the present border gate was erected in 1870.[2]

During the 1950s and 1960s the Portas do Cerco was also referred to as Far Eastern Checkpoint Charlie with a major border incident happening in 1952 with Portuguese African Troops exchanging fire with Chinese Communist border guards.[3] According to reports, the exchange lasted for 1-and-three-quarter hours leaving one dead and several dozens injured on Macau side and more than 100 casualties claimed on the Communist Chinese side.[4]

Transport

Transmac

  • 2, 3A, 5, 9, 9A, 28C, 34, AP1

TCM

  • 10, 10B, 17, 18, 25, 30, AP1


References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Wordie, Jason (2013). "1. Portas do Cerco". Macao - People and Places, Past and Present. Hong Kong: Angsana Limited. p. 2. ISBN 978-988-12696-0-7.
  3. ^ Wordie, Jason (2013). "1. Portas do Cerco". Macao - People and Places, Past and Present. Hong Kong: Angsana Limited. pp. 6–7. ISBN 978-988-12696-0-7.
  4. ^ "Macao Portuguese Fire Over Border". The West Australian. Perth: Perth, W. A. : A. Davidson, for the West Australian, 1879. 1952-07-31. Retrieved 2013-12-02.

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