A Famosa
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A Famosa was a Portuguese fortress built in Malacca, Malaysia, around 1512. The oldest part of the fortress was a five-storey keep which eventually gave its name to the fortress as a whole. Some time
The surviving gate of the Portuguese fort in Malacca.
A view of the gate of the fort from the rear.
Reconstruction of watchtower on top of the unearthed remains
Malacca sanitary sewer line ruin
Dutch Malacca
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Dutch Malacca was the longest period that Malacca was under foreign control. The Dutch ruled for almost 183 years with intermittent British occupation during the French Revolutionary and later the Nap
A Famosa
…the fortress was a five-storey keep which eventually gave its name to the fortress as a whole. Some time following the Battle of Malacca (1641) and the occupation of the city by the Dutch, the keep was destroyed but the outer walls of the fortress were expanded. However, in 1811 the British destroyed all of the original fortress and most…
Dutch Malacca, ca. 1724–26
The construction of the Bastion Middelburg was carried out in 1660. It is strategically located at the mouth of Malacca River.
The Dutch Square, with Christ Church (left, built in 1753) and the Stadthuys (right)
The town and fortress of Malacca in 1780