This is an aerial view of the Malacca city centre and the red line drawing was the projected walls of the A Famosa Fort. 1708 witnessed William Farquhar, the then English resident of Malacca blasts every single wall of the Fort except the one at the most southern part, The Porta de Santiago. At the last hour before the final bombing of the remaining gate, somebody of his higher ranking interferes. Stamford Raffles gave an order for him to preserve the gateway as a reminder of history.
Not many people appreciate this leftover monument, some were too disgusted with the imperialists greedy take over and propagated destruction of the present gateway but majority of the people in Malaysia agreed that eventhough the fort brings bad memories and marked permanently on our once fatal mistakes of failing to defend our once prosper nation.
The most photographed site, the A Famosa.
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wat a nice melaka review....keep up ur effort!!!
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