MALACCA'S OLD CHINATOWN
| TEMPLE STREET, MALACCA TEMPLE STREET (JALAN TO'KONG) IN MALACCA'S OLD CHINATOWN IS APTLY NAMED. IN THE FOREGROUND IS THE SRI POYYATHA VINAYAGAR MOORTHI TEMPLE; IN THE CENTRE IS THE KAMPUNG KLING MOSQUE, AND JUST VISIBLE BEYOND IS CHENG HOON TENG (THE OLDEST FUNCTIONING CHINESE TEMPLE IN MALAYSIA) DATE : c 1930 |
%5B6%5D.jpg "The Malay Mosque (Kampung Hulu)")
| THE MALAY MOSQUE, MALACCA BUILT IN 1728, THE KAMPUNG HULU MOSQUE'S ARCHITECTURAL STYLE IS SUMATRAN; IT HAS A THREE-TIER PYRAMIDAL ROOF, THOUGH ITS MINARET HAS FEATURES OF A CHINESE PAGODA. DATE : c 1910 |
| THE PORTUGUESE CHURCH OF SAINT PETER AND PAUL (350YEARSOLD) BUILT IN 1710 BY THE DESCENDANTS OF PORTUGUESE SOLDIERS, THE ST PETER'S CHURCH IS THE OLDEST FUNCTIONING CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MALAYSIA. THE FACADE IS A MIXTURE OF ORIENTAL AND OCCIDENTALARCHITECTURE; THE INTERIOR IS IBERIAN IN STYLE. |
| MEAT MARKET & CHUECH MALACCA THR TWIN SPIRES OF THE ST FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH STAND OUT PROMINENTLY; IN THE FOREGROUND IS A MEAT MARKE. THE RIVERSIDE IS ON THE RIGHT WHILE BANDA KABA ROAD IS ON THE LEFT. |
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