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The Lou Kau Mansion located on the Travessa da Sé is the residence of Lou Kau (1848-1907), a famous Macau merchan. Lou Kau Mansion has been listed as a part of Historic Center of Macau. The mansion was built in 1885. In 1992, Lou Kau Mansion became a protected architecture as the Macau government appraising it "with great architectural artistic value".
Lou Kau was born in a poor family and moved to Macau in 1857. Ten years later, he made fortune through opium trade and gambling. However, with the prohibition of gambling since 1904, the Lu family went into bankrupt. The mansion fell into hands of others and filled with renters and at one time accommodated some 20 households. And because of long-time disrepair, most of the mansion was taken down. It was not until 2002 that Macau Bureau of Culture started maintenance of the mansion. In 2005, Lou Kau Mansion was opened to the public partially. Macau’s Chinese Orchestra once held several small-scale concerts in this mansion to promote Chinese traditional folk music.
Lou Kau was born in a poor family and moved to Macau in 1857. Ten years later, he made fortune through opium trade and gambling. However, with the prohibition of gambling since 1904, the Lu family went into bankrupt. The mansion fell into hands of others and filled with renters and at one time accommodated some 20 households. And because of long-time disrepair, most of the mansion was taken down. It was not until 2002 that Macau Bureau of Culture started maintenance of the mansion. In 2005, Lou Kau Mansion was opened to the public partially. Macau’s Chinese Orchestra once held several small-scale concerts in this mansion to promote Chinese traditional folk music.
Address: No.7, Travessa da Sé
Opening hours: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., no admission after 5.30 p.m.
Opening hours: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., no admission after 5.30 p.m.
