The building of the civil affairs department is located in Xinma Road, Macau, formerly known as the office building of Macau City Hall.
Historically, the Civil Affairs Office building was originally a pavilion building in China, which was used to read out government decrees for the Ming government and was also a meeting place for Chinese and Portuguese officials. 1583 (in the 11th year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty), after the establishment of the Macao Parliamentary Bureau, it was planned to purchase the pavilion and the Chinese residence behind it from the Ming government. 1784 (forty-nine years of Qing Qianlong), the Portuguese bought this land with 82,000 silver and built a Portuguese-style parliamentary office building, which became the local political center of the Portuguese in Macao, where all municipal affairs and even Portuguese gatherings and celebrations would be held. During the period of 1904 (the 30th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty), the Macao government renovated the interior and exterior of the building, and all the arrangements in the building were in accordance with the pattern of the era of King Joao V of Portugal.
Many institutions attached to Macao's city hall building, including Jia Museum, Letters Hall, courts and prisons, have moved out. On June 65438+ 10/day, 2002, the Civil Affairs Department of Macao was established, replacing the municipal organizations in Macao, and the name of the building was changed to "Civil Affairs Department Building". On the right side of the building is the exhibition hall, where various art exhibitions are held regularly; There is a public library on the second floor of the building. 1929 is open. It is based on the Biblioteca do Convento de Mafra, and its decoration and furniture are full of classical flavor. At present, it specializes in collecting ancient books in foreign languages from 17 to 1950s, especially Portuguese historical documents in Africa and the Far East, among which there are many treasures.
In addition, there is a Portuguese garden, an armillary sphere-shaped flower bed and a bust of Portuguese poet Jia behind the building.