Fort of A’Famosa – Guardian of Malacca by Portuguese

Mar 1st, 2009

by han.

When Malacca colonised by Portuguese in 1511 by Afonso de Albuquerque command. , the first defence they built is A’Famosa Fortress.  A fortress that encircled St Paul hill (originally known as Malacca Hill) which guard the Malacca river and the Malacca Straits line from their enemies.

Remaining gate-Porta de Santiago

According to my primary school teacher, the fort only use egg-white and egg-shell to ‘glue’ up all the bricks and stones (I can’t found any information about the truth about this).

In 1641, after Dutch drove Portuguese out from Malacca, they destroyed almost all the building inside the fort including the fort itself.  Luckily, one of the gate is survived and remain until now – A’Famosa (Porta de Santiago).

Behind is St Paul hill.

Side view

View from St Paul Hill

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Tagged: Fort of A'Famosa · Malacca · Popular Places · Porta de Santiago · Portuguese · St Paul hill

9 Comments

1. Amazing Melaka says:

   March 1, 2009 at 10:42 pm

   Hi ..

   Nice blog .. Melaka is really a wonderful place to visit … the historical city is worth visiting …

   Keep up the good work!!!

   Cheers ..
2. han says:

   March 2, 2009 at 11:05 am

   Amazing Melaka # Thank you for you support
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