Thursday, May 21, 2009

MALACCA'S HISTORICAL PLACE


A Famosa
The hallmark of Malacca and perhaps the most photographed subject next to the Stadhuys.
Built by the Portuguese in 1511 as a fortress it sustained severe structural damage during the Dutch Invasion.
The British East India Company had set to destroy it but timely intervention by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1808 saved what remains of A Famosa today.

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