Opening Hours & Admission Charges
Open daily from 10am to 10pm.
Address: Jalan Merdeka, 75000 Melaka.
GPS Coordinate: 4°51’29.23″N, 100°44’39.44″E
GPS Coordinate: 4°51’29.23″N, 100°44’39.44″E
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Structure of A' Famosa
A’Famosa is more than just quick photo stop opportunity for
tourists. Built in 1511, the settlement used to sprawl across a whole hillside
but now only a lone gate (Porta de Santiago) remains. One of the oldest
surviving European architectural remains in Asia; it is set beside the Istana
keSultanan on JalanKota.A’Famosa is perhaps Malacca’s best known sightseeing
spot. Originally constructed by Alfonso de Albuquerque (who led the Portuguese
invasion on the Malacca Sultanate), the remains of the fort is now a crumbling
whitewashed gatehouse and is located downhill from St. Paul’s Church.
A
FOMASA
is one
of the remnants of Portuguese History of Melaka. Together with St. Paul's
Hills, they are the remains of the Portuguese legacy of the Portuguese
occupation of Melaka. The only two Remains of the A Famosa Fortress lies on
both ends of the Jalan Kota Road, the first is the Kota Melaka (or Middleburg
Bastion, beside the Melaka Tourism Center) and near the DataranMerdeka (independence
square) and whichis now called Porta De Santiago as it was only the gate that
was remaining whenthe Britishdestroyed.
Structure of A' Famosa
A’Famosa is more than just quick photo stop opportunity for
tourists. Built in 1511, the settlement used to sprawl across a whole hillside
but now only a lone gate (Porta de Santiago) remains. One of the oldest
surviving European architectural remains in Asia; it is set beside the Istana
keSultanan on JalanKota.A’Famosa is perhaps Malacca’s best known sightseeing
spot. Originally constructed by Alfonso de Albuquerque (who led the Portuguese
invasion on the Malacca Sultanate), the remains of the fort is now a crumbling
whitewashed gatehouse and is located downhill from St. Paul’s Church.
In the 16th century A’Famosa housed the entire Portuguese
administration, including its hospitals, five churches, elongated stockades and
four key towers. One tower was a four-storey keep; the others were an
ammunition storage room, captain’s residence and an officer’s quarters. The
rest of the bastion comprised of townhouses clustered inside the fortress
walls. The fort was expanded in 1586 to accommodate Malacca’s growing
population.he Portuguese attacked and
defeated the armies of the Melaka Sultanate. Of course the Sultanate didn’t
give up trying to kick the Portuguese out again, so Alfonso de Albuquerque
ordered to built the A Famosa fortress. It was built around a natural hill near
the sea and managed to fend of attacks by the armies of Sultan of Melaka for
over a century.The a Famosa fortress changed hands again in the early 19th
century when the Dutch handed it over to the British to keep it out of the
hands of French colonizer Napoleon. Unfortunately for a Famosa the British were
wary of maintaining the fortification and ordered its destination
A Famosa Fortress A Famosa, or "The Famous" in Portuguese, is one
of the oldest surviving remnants of European architecture in Asia. Once part of
a mighty fortress, this tiny gate (called the Porta de Santiago) is all that
history has spared.In 1511 a Portuguese fleet arrived under the command of
Alfonso de Albequerque. His forces attacked and successfully defeated the
armies of the native Sultanate. Moving quickly to consolidate his gains,
Albequerque had the fortress built around a natural hill near the sea.
Albequerque believed that Melaka would become an important port linking
Portugal to the spice trade from China. At his time other Portuguese were
establishing outposts in such places as Macau, China and Goa, India in order to
create a string of friendly ports for ships heading to China and returning home
to Portugal.
The fortress once consisted of long ramparts and four
major towers. One was a four-story keep, while the others held an ammunition's
storage room, the residence of the captain, and an officers' quarters.
As the plan below shows, most of the village clustered in
town houses inside the fortress walls. As Melaka's population expanded it
outgrew the original fort and extensions were added around 1586. Throughout
this time, the walls of the fort repeatedly withstood large attacks by native
elements.The fort changed hands in 1641 when the Dutch successfully drove the
Portuguese out of Melaka. The Dutch renovated the gate in 1670, which explains
the logo "ANNO 1670" inscribed on the gate's arch. Above the arch is
a bas-relief logo of the Dutch East India Company.
The fortress changed hands again in the early 19th
century when the Dutch handed it over to the British to prevent Melaka from
falling into the hands of Napoleon's expansionist France. The English, knowing
that they would have to return the fort to the Dutch at the end of the
Napoleonic wars, were determined to make the city as useless to the Dutch as
possible. They planned to relocate the population and demolish the fort. This
nearly happened, but Sir Stanford Raffles (the founder of Singapore) persuaded
the English to let the residents remain and also prevented the total
obliteration of the fort by convincing the English to let one gate remain for
history's sake. It is quite possible that in doing this, Raffles spared the
remaining historical monuments of Melaka as well. Your group evaluation of the tourist destination.firmly rooted as Malaysia's
historical city, visiting Malacca is like a journey back in time to witness the
adventures and discoveries during Malacca's golden age.Today, there are many
historical sites to visit that give Us glimpse of Malacca's glorious past. This
is balanced with other modern attractions such as water theme parks and
cultural parks.A famosa is one of
the famous historical place in Malacca.At the beginning of the 16th
century, the Portuguese were establishing outposts in Macau, China and India in
order to create a string of friendly ports for their ships plying the routes
between China and Portugal. Malacca’s growing popularity meant that it was fast
becoming an important link for Portugal to the Spice Route in China. In 1511
the Portuguese fleet, under the command of Alfonso de Albuquerque arrived and
launched an attack on the armies of the Malacca Sultanate and defeated them. Albuquerque moved swiftly to consolidate his gains by
building a fortress around a hill near the sea. He used 1,500 slaves to
construct A’Famosa as a stronghold to defend against foreign invasion.In 1641 the Dutch wrested control
of A’Famosa from the Portuguese and drove them out of the city. What remains is
largely the Dutch reconstruction as they carried out renovation works in 1670,
following the siege. To this day you can see a small inscription (ANNO 1670) on
the fort’s arch as well as the coat-of-arms of the Dutch East India Company
(VOC). A’Famosa changed hands again when Malacca fell into British
hands during expansionist Napoleonic times. Initially under the impression that
the VOC was to act as a caretaker administration until a time when the Dutch
were able to fully resume control, they had no idea the fort would soon be lost
to them forever.Due to the fact that they offered
too little and asked for too much, the Dutch forces soon lost the respect of
their Malay subjects and in the early 19th century Malacca was fully conquered
by the British. Wary of maintaining the fort, should it fall into enemy hands,
the English ordered its destruction in 1806. Fortunately, Sir Stamford Raffles (founder of Singapore)
who was visiting Malacca in 1810 arrived in the nick of time. Due to his love
of history he stepped in before the complete destruction of the old fortress.
It was a close call though and the crumbling remains of Porta de Santiago, a
small gate house, were all that could be salvaged from total destruction.When
work was undertaken on the Menara Taming Sari revolving tower in 2006, another
part of the A’Famosa was discovered. As a result the revolving tower was
relocated further inland and A’Famosa’s newly-discovered fortress walls were
reconstructed.
9.Two
or more links to websites that may offer elaborated information related to
these tourist attraction.
What
benefits can the tourist get when visiting?
- Entrance fee is free for the visitor who are visiting A FAMOSA Portugal buildings.
- Opening and closing hours is not stated for visiting A FAMOSA portal buildings.
- Activities unique to the tourist attraction
- provide the latitude and longitude so customers can use their GPS to find the location of the tourist destination.
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So its happy day ever . Come and visit us malacca because its a best place ever
