Taipa Houses–Museum Live Cam

History

In the late 1920s, amid rapid urban expansion in Macao’s Taipa Island, a succession of bungalows was commissioned by the Portuguese colonial administration to house senior civil servants and governors during seasonal visits. These residences, constructed between 1921 and 1926, embodied a strategic effort to establish a foothold on Taipa and to assert administrative presence beyond the peninsula. Their siting on a slight incline south of Taipa Village ensured both ventilation from the prevailing southwesterly breezes and a measure of separation from the densely packed streets, reflecting a deliberate urban planning decision to blend authority with leisure.