'large bay') or Nam Van (Chinese: 南灣; lit.

'south bay'), officially known as Ou Mun (Chinese: 澳門)[citation needed], is a bay in Macau.

It was the site of the governor's palace, the administrative offices, the consulates, and the leading commercial establishments.

[1] It has been credited as probably the "most depicted view of 19th-century Macau",[2] and its most characteristic landmark for many years.

Only a few colonial buildings remain, and the landscape has been largely altered by land reclamation and high-rise buildings.