TRIP TO A FAMOSA (THE FAMOUS) IN MALACCA.

A FAMOSA OR KOTA A FAMOSA WAS A PORTUGUESE FORTRESS BUILT IN MALACCA, MALAYSIA IN 1512. THE OLDEST PART OF THE FORTRESS WAS A FIVE STOREY KEEP WHICH GAVE ITS NAME TO THE FORTRESS AS A WHOLE.

DURING THE BATTLE OF MALACCA IN .1614 AND THE OCCUPATION OF THE CITY BY THE DUTCH THE KEEP WAS DESTROYED BUT THE OUTER WALLS OF THE FORTRESS WERE REINFORCED . HOWEVER IN 1807, THE BRITISH DESTROYED MOST OF THE FORTRESS. THE PORTA DE SANTIAGO GATEWAY AND THE RESTORED MIDDLEBURG BASTION ARE THE ONLY PARTS OF .THE FORTRESS THAT REMAIN TODAY..

THEY ARE AMONG THE OLDEST EUROPEAN ARCHITECTURAL REMAINS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA AND THE FAR EAST.

THE FORTRESS IS OPENED TO PUBLIC AND THE ENTRANCE IS FREE

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Post by SANIA THE TRAVELLER. | Aug 14, 2023