macau, the first european colony in asia, lies 65 km west of hong kong and was established by portuguese traders in 1557 and stayed under portuguese administration for 442 years until china took it back officially in 1999 ... even though the number of portuguese residents was never large, they still shaped the appearance of the place, and two castles, a lot of churches and many fine patrician buildings as well as a theatre survived the times ... the last pic in this set shows a model of historic macau.