INSIGHTS OF THE PAST CAN BE GLEANED FROM MELAKA'S ANCIENT RELICS THAT ABOUND IN THE HISTORICAL CITY.
| MELAKA TREE |
| THE STATE OF MELAKA IS NAMED AFTER THIS TREE. ONLY A FEW TREE ARE LEFT; TWO ARE IN FRONT OF THE PORTA DE SANTIAGO AND ANOTHER TWO ARE IN FRONT OF THE STADTHUYS. |
| PORTA DE SANTIAGO (A' FARMOSA) |
| THIS PROMINENT LANDMARK IN MELAKA WAS A FORTRESS BUILT BY THE PORTUGUESE ADMIRAL, ALFONSO D' ALBUQUERQUE IN 1511. IT WAS BADLY DAMAGED DURING THE DUTCH INNASION IN 1641. TIMELY INTERVENTION BY SIR STAMFORD RAFFLES, A BRITISH OFFICIAL, IN 1808SAVED WHAT REMAINS OF THE A' FARMOSA TODAY. |
| ADMISSION IS FREE |
| ST. PAUL'S CHURCH |
| THE CHURCH WA BUILT ON A HILL IN 1521 BY DUARTE COELHO, A CATHOLIC PORTUGUESE CAPTAIN. IT WAS LATER RENAMED ST. PAUL'S CHURCH BY THE DUTCH. ST. FRANCIS XAVIER WAS BURRIED IN THE OPEN GRAVE HERE IN 1553 BEFORE HIS BODY WAS TRANSFFERED TO GOA IN INDIA. THE CHURCH HAS A COMMANDING VIEW IN MELAKA. |
| ADMISSION IS FREE |
| ST FRANCIS XAVIER'S CHURCH |
| A CATHOLIC FRENCH PRIEST, REV.FARVE, BUILT THE GOTHIC-STYLE CHURCH IN 1849. HE DEDICATED IT TO ST. FRANCIS XAVIEW WHO WAS KNOWN AS "THE APOSTLE OF THE EAST" FOR HIS MISSIONARY ENDEAVOURS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA DURING THE 16TH CENTURY. |
| ST. PETER'S CHURCH |
| BUILT IN 1710 DURING THE DUTCH OCCUPATION, IT IS THE OLDEST ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MALAYSIA. IT WAS BUILT ON A PIECE OF LAND DONATED BY A DUTCH GENTLEMEN. MARYBER FRANZ AMBOER. ITS FACADE AND DECOR IS A COMBINATIONOF EASTERN AND WESTERN ARCHITECTURE. ONE OF ITS BELLS WAS CAST IN GOA IN 1608. THE CHURCH IS THE VANUE FOR EVENTS LIKE GOOD FRIDAY, EASTER SUNDAY PROCESSIONS AND SAN PEDRO'S FEAST. |
| THE STADTHUYS |
| A MAJOR LANDMARK IN MELAKA, THE STADTHUYS WAS BUILT IN 1650 AS THE OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF DUTCH GOVERNORS AND THEIR OFFICERS. BELIEVED TO BE THE OLDEST DUTCH BUILDINGIN THE EAST (CIRCA 1641 AND 1660), THE STADTHUYS HOUSES THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ETHNOGRAPHY. ORIGINALLY WHITE, IT WAS GIVEN A STRIKE SELMON-RED COLOUR TO MATCH THE NEARBY CHRIST CHURCH. |
| OPENING HOURS (MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ETHNOGRAPHY) WEEKDAYS : 9am - 5pm , WEEKENDS : 9am - 9pm ADMISSION FEE : ADULT - RM5 , CHILD - RM2 |
| CHRIST CHURCH |
| SITUATED ADJACENT TO THE STADTHUYS, THIS BRIGHT RED STRUCTURE IS TESTIMONY TO DUTCH ARCHITECTURE INGENULITY. INTEREDTING FEATURES INCLUDE THE CHURCH'S HANDMADE PEWS, CEILING BEAMS (CONSTRUCTED WITHOUT JOINTS), BRASS BIBLE, TOMBSTONE (THE ARMENIAN INSCRIPTIONS) AND 'THE LAST SUPPER' IN GLAZED TILES. WHEN THE BRITISH ARRIVED THEY TURNED THE BUILDING INTO AN ANGLICAN CHURCH AND ADDED A WEATHERCOCK AS WELL AS A BELL TOWER. |
| DUTCH CEMETERY |
| THE DUTCH CEMETERY WAS FIRST USED IN THE LAST QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY. FIVE DUTCH GRAVES AND 33 BRITISH GRAVES LIE WITHIN ITS COMPOUND. ITS USE WAS IS STAGES, BETWEEN 1670 - 1682 AND IN 1818 - 1838. THE CEMETERY WAS GAZETTED AS A NATIONAL MONUMENT UNDER THE ANTIQUITIES ACT 1976. |
| ADMISSION IS FREE |
| ST. JOHN'S FORT |
| THE FORT IS LOCATED ON ST. JOHN'S HILL, 3KM FROM THE CITY. IT WAS ORIGINALLY A PRIVATE PORTUGUESE CHAPEL DEDICATED TO ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST. BUILT BY THE DUTCH DURING THE THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY, ITS CANNON EMBRASURES FACE INLAND AS DURING THE TIME, ATTACKS ON MELAKA CAME MAINLY FROM HNTERLAND INSTEAD OF FROM THE SEA. |
| ADMISSION IS FREE |
| BUKIT CINA |
| AS THE NAME IMPLIES, "CHINESE HILL" WAS THE OFFICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ENTOURAGE THAT ARRIVED WITH THE CHINESE PRINCESS HANG LI PO. SHE WAS SENT TO MELAKA BY THE MING EMPEROR TO MARRY THE SULTAN, MARKING THE ADVENT OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS BETWEEN MELAKA AND CHINA. THE ENTOURAGE STAYED ON THIS SETTLEMENT UNTIL THE PORTUGUESE ACCUPATION IN 1511. TODAY, BUKIT CINA IS BELIEVED TO BE ONE OF THE LARGEST CHINESE CEMETERIES OUTSIDE CHINA WITH MANY OF THE TOMBS DATING BACK TO THE MING DYNASTY. |
| ADMISSION IS FREE |
| HANG LI PO'S WELL |
| BUILT BY THE FOLLOWERS OF HANG LI PO, THE WELL WAS THE ONLY SOURCE OF WATER DURING GREAT DROUGHTS. THE DUTCH ENCLOSED IT WITH SCOUT WALLS TO RESERVE IT FOR THEIR EXCLUSIVE USE. TODAY, IT ENJOYS A REPUTATION AS A WISHING WELL. |
| OPENING HOURS : 7am - 7pm ADMISSION IS FREE |
| BRITISH CEMETERY |
| THE DECISION TO IMPOSE TAX ON THE NANING DISTRICT BY THE BRITISH CAUSED RESISTANCE BY THE LOCAL LED DATO' DOL SAID. HOWEVER, THE LATTER LOST THE WAR AND MANY PERISHED. THE BRITISH SOLDIERS WHO DIED FIGHTING DATO' DOL SAID AND HIS MEN WERE BURIED IN THIS CEMETERY. |
| ADMISSION IS FREE |
| DATO' DOL SAID MAUSOLEUM |
| DATO' DOL SAID, THE NINTH RULER OF NANING, FIGURED PROMINENTLY IN THE NANING WAR AGAINTS THE BRITISH IN 1831 - 1832. HE DEFIANTLY OPPOSED THE IMPOSITION OF TAX ON THE DISTRICT BY THE BRITISH. THE WAR MADE DATO' DOL SAID A HERO OF EXCEPTIONAL VALOUR THAT EARNED HIM A PERMANENT PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF MELAKA. HE WAS BURIED HERE AT TABOH NANING, ABOUT 32KM FROM MELAKA CITY. |
| ADMISSION IS FREE |
| HANG TUAH'S MAUSOLEUM |
| THIS FAMOUS MALAY WORRIOR SERVED AS THE ADMIRAL OF MELAKA'S NAVAL FORCES AND DEFENDED SUCCESSFULLY COUNTLESS ATTACKS AGAINST MELAKA. THE OUT STANDING MILITARY EXPLOITS OF HANG TUAH AND HIS FOUR COMRADES - HANG JEBAT, HANG LEKIU, HANG LEKIR AND HANG KASTURI, MADE HIM A LEGEND INTHE HISTORY OF MELAKA. |
| ADMISSION IS FREE |
| HANG TUAH'S WELL |
| THIS WELL IS LOCATED IN KAMPUNG DUYONG, WHERE HANG TUAH WAS BORN AND SPENT HIS CHILDHOOD WITH FOUR IF HIS FRIENDS. THEY LATER BECAME THE FAMOUS KHIGHTS OF MELAKA. |
| ADMISSION IS FREE |
| HANG JEBAT'S MAUSOLEUM |
| HANG JEBAT WAS ONE OF THE FIVE LEGENDARY WARRIORS OF MELAKA. HE WAS KILLED IN A DUEL WITH HANG TUAH, THE LEADER, FOR BETRAYING THE RULER, SULTAN MANSOR SHAH, WHOM THEY SWORM TO SERVE. HANG JEBAT LIES BURIED HERE IN KAMPUNG KULI. |
| ADMISSION IS FREE |
| HANG KASTURI'S MAUSOLEUM |
| HANG KASTURI STUDIED SILAT (MALAY MARTIAL ART) UNDER THE SAME TUTELAGE AS HANG TUAH, HANG JEBAT, HANG LEKIR AND HANG LEKIU. HE BECAME ONE OF THE KNIGHTS WHO SERVED MELAKA TOGETHER WITH HANG TUAH. EXCEPT FOR HANG JEBAT, HANG KASTURI AND THE OTHERS REMAINED LOYAL TO THE SULTAN TO THEIR DYING DAYS. |
| ADMISSION IS FREE |
| TUN TEJA'S MAUSOLEUM |
| TUN TEJA WAS THE DAUGHTER OF SRI AMAR DI RAJA, THE RULER OF PAHANG, WHO MARRIED SULTAN MAHMUD SHAH. SHE DIED IN MERLIMAU, ABOUT 24KM FROM THE CITY, WHILE FLEETING THE PORTUGUESE ATTACK IN 1511. |
| ADMISSION IS FREE |
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