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Senado Square (Largo do Senado) is the beating heart of Macau's historic centre — a handsome public plaza paved in characteristic Portuguese calçada wave-pattern cobblestones and lined with pastel-coloured neoclassical buildings. It serves as both a UNESCO World Heritage buffer zone and Macau's main gathering space.
The square has been Macau's civic centre since the Portuguese administration established the Loyal Senate (Leal Senado) here in the 16th century. Its present neoclassical appearance dates largely from late-19th-century renovations, while the calçada pavement was laid in the 1990s.