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Comendador Ho Yin Garden

Coordinates: 22°11′32″N 113°32′58″E / 22.192131°N 113.54939°E / 22.192131; 113.54939
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22°11′32″N 113°32′58″E / 22.192131°N 113.54939°E / 22.192131; 113.54939

Comendador Ho Yin Garden
何賢公園
Map
TypeGarden
Location, Macau, China
Opened1993
Operated byIACM
Comendador Ho Yin Garden
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese何賢公園
Simplified Chinese何贤公园
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHé Xián Gōngyuán
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingho4 jin4 gung1 jyun4*2
Portuguese name
PortugueseJardim Comendador Ho Yin

The Comendador Ho Yin Garden (Chinese: 何賢公園; Portuguese: Jardim Comendador Ho Yin) is a small garden located in a residential area of , Macau, China, named after Ho Yin.[1]

History

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Comendador Ho Yin Garden was designed by Francisco Caldeira Cabral,[2] opened by the last Governor of Macau Vasco Joaquim Rocha Vieira on 9 October 1993 with the name of Heung Shan Garden (Chinese: 香山公園) or Heung Shan Plaza (Chinese: 香山廣場).[3]

The garden was renamed on 22 November 1996 by Municipal Council of Macau to commemorate Ho Yin's devotion to Portuguese-Chinese friendship.

Starting from May 2005, Macau Government started work to renovate the park, including to building a multi-story garage under the park and to cut off the park in order to connect Rua De Pequim and Rua de Luís Gonzaga Gomes.

The garden was gated until June 2007 after the renovation finished, only to be with gates erected again in 2015.[4]

Features

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The park is located on Avenida de Amizade and features the Orient Arch as the central piece.

The park's features include:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Garden of Comenadror Ho Yin Macau". Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
  2. ^ "何賢公園(香山公園)". 城市指南. Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  3. ^ "城市指南:何賢公園(香山公園)". Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  4. ^ "何賢公園停車場提供九百泊車位" (in Traditional Chinese). 華僑報. 2007-02-07. Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2010-08-01.