Senado Square, with its wave-patterned Portuguese cobblestones, is the historic heart of Macao Peninsula and the natural starting point for the UNESCO-listed Historic Centre of Macao. From here, pedestrian lanes climb past the neoclassical Leal Senado Building, the ochre facade of St. Dominic's Church, and rows of shophouses selling almond cookies and beef jerky, up to the iconic Ruins of St. Paul's — the stone facade of a 17th-century cathedral destroyed by fire. Nearby, Mount Fortress and the Macau Museum look out over the old town's terracotta rooftops, while St. Augustine's Square and the Dom Pedro V Theatre round out a compact district where Portuguese colonial architecture and Chinese temple life sit side by side.