Banco Nacional Ultramarino

Heritage building with a Neo-classical facade

Banco Nacional Ultramarino is a central bank of Macau with Portuguese origins. It is located within a protected heritage building along Ave. Almeida Ribeiro in the city centre. The building was co...

Heritage building with a Neo-classical facade

Banco Nacional Ultramarino is a central bank of Macau with Portuguese origins. It is located within a protected heritage building along Ave. Almeida Ribeiro in the city centre. The building was co...

Beautiful buildings in Macau Cultural Heritage

Original Text

A beautiful thin pink building that you will always see when walking to Senado Square in the center of downtown Macau. It is easy to overlook because it is located at an intersection where people are in a hurry, but a bank that has its head office in Macau as a building of Macau Cultural Heritage. It is also an issuing bank of Macau's currency [Pataka]. Why is the Macau bank facing the South China Sea called the Pacific Bank? It was because it was a Portuguese bank that expanded its colony from the Atlantic Ocean. In the rest of the story, if you use a card in Macau, this Atlantic Bank ...

Beautiful buildings in Macau Cultural Heritage

Original Text

A beautiful thin pink building that you will always see when walking to Senado Square in the center of downtown Macau. It is easy to overlook because it is located at an intersection where people are in a hurry, but a bank that has its head office in Macau as a building of Macau Cultural Heritage. It is also an issuing bank of Macau's currency [Pataka]. Why is the Macau bank facing the South China Sea called the Pacific Bank? It was because it was a Portuguese bank that expanded its colony from the Atlantic Ocean. In the rest of the story, if you use a card in Macau, this Atlantic Bank ...