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Lou Kau Mansion 卢家大屋

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Lou Kau Mansion preserves a merchant’s blue-brick house in the lanes of Macau’s historic centre.

The main hall of Lou Kau Mansion in Macau, August 2025.
The main hall of Lou Kau Mansion in Macau, August 2025. · Yumeto · CC BY-SA 4.0
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About Lou Kau Mansion

Its two-storey plan is organised around three courtyards, combining Chinese domestic architecture with decorative influences associated with the Portuguese setting. Move through the courts to see how light reaches the interior and how rooms relate to the shared spaces. The compact house rewards attention to detail rather than a hurried pass through the main entrance.

The mansion was completed in 1889 as the residence of the merchant Lu Huashao (卢华绍), also known as Lu Jiu (卢九), whose private garden was Lu Lianruo Park (卢廉若公园). After the Lou family's decline, ownership passed to others and the house was subdivided and rented out; at its peak more than twenty households lived there, and it lacked maintenance before the 1980s, so that many parts were demolished or rebuilt and its innermost section was removed. The Cultural Affairs Bureau (文化局) began restoration in July 2002, and the mansion was partly opened to the public in mid-2005. Two internal courtyards admit light. In keeping with feng shui principles, a screen inside the main entrance is meant to block ill fortune.

The two-storey house, built of thick blue brick, follows the layout of Guangzhou's Xiguan-style mansions (西关大屋) and is divided into three bays and three sections, an entrance hall, a tea hall (轿听) and a main hall, with several light wells for ventilation. Its decoration mixes Chinese brick carving and plaster sculpture with Western false ceilings, Manchu-style windows (满州窗) and cast-iron railings, and its front windows are Portuguese-style shutters topped with coloured glass. Under Macau's heritage-protection law 83/92/M, the government in 1992 designated the mansion 'a building of architectural artistic value' (具建筑艺术价值之建筑物), a protected structure.

What to look for

  • Three courtyards organise the two-storey domestic layout.
  • Blue-brick construction and mixed decorative influences distinguish the house.

Background & history

The Lou Kau Mansion (Chinese: 盧家大屋; Portuguese: Casa de Lou Kau) is a historical house in Sé, Macau, China. Built in 1889, the mansion is one of the designated historical sites in the Historic Centre of Macau, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Excerpt from Wikipedia: Lou Kau Mansion · Wikipedia contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected introductory sentences; formatting simplified. Background information, not current visitor-service advice.

Location & getting there

Getting to Lou Kau Mansion

The mansion is at 7 Travessa da Sé. Approach through the historic-centre lanes and use the numbered house entrance for the visit.

General visit reminders

Choose the building, exhibition or part of the historic area you most want to see, then leave time to explore its setting. Check the venue’s current opening and reservation arrangements directly; a place appearing on the map does not mean every building or gallery is accessible on your travel date.

Combine your visit

Suggested order for the visit:

  1. Entrance court

    Read the blue-brick frontage and first courtyard.

  2. Interior courtyard sequence

    Follow the relationship of rooms and open space.

  3. Decorative details

    Compare the house’s different architectural influences.

This is an editorial sequence of named spaces or places. It does not imply a verified walking connection or promise opening, ticket availability or a journey time.

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Sources & visit information

The sources below support the place-specific description and arrival information. Suggested combinations are editorial planning ideas; confirm current opening, entry arrangements and transport services for your date.

Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikipedia contributors, “Lou Kau Mansion” · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 1364539503.

Visitor information adapted and edited from Wikivoyage contributors, Macau/Peninsula · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 5237853.

Background paragraphs translated and condensed from Wikipedia contributors, "盧家大屋", Chinese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0. Source revision 93625739.

China Revealed · Editorially updated 2026-10-07