St. Lawrence Parish is a southwestern freguesia of the Macau Peninsula.
It is surrounded by water on all sides except north, where it neighbours Cathedral Parish. Penha Hill (西望洋山) and Barra Hill (媽閣山) are to the south. The Portuguese governor building and current administrative buildings is located here. The hillsides contain a residential area of luxurious villas.
- Area: 0.9 km² (13.4% of the peninsula)
- Population: 45,600
- Population density: 50,904 persons per km²
Famous quotes containing the words lawrence and/or parish:
“Of course in war all madnesses come out in a man, that is the fault of war not of a man or a nation.”
—Frieda Lawrence (1879–1956)
“My stardust melody, the memory of love’s refrain.”
—Mitchell Parish (1901–1993)