Colorful Malacca: Malaysia's oldest extant ancient city

Malacca.MalaysiaThe old city

Know the name Malacca, is the first to know the Malacca strait. When listening to the radio broadcast weather forecasts, often hear the broadcast of the Malacca Strait wind and barometric pressure, then think Malacca is a remote and mysterious place. Later learn geography, truly understand the important geographical position of the Malacca Strait at.

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Malacca landmark

The tour of Malaysia, Malacca in the run-length of behoove. The day before leaving Malaysia, we spent the whole day in the thick color, Malaysia's oldest extant ancient city, truly feel here presents unique multicultural.....

Malacca is located in the southern Malacca Strait on the east coast, 148 km north of Kuala Lumpur, SouthSingapore245 kilometers, water and land transportation is very convenient. Is the connection of communication Pacific Ocean andIndiaOcean international waterway, is the crossroads of Asia and Oceania. At the beginning of the fifteenth Century, the Ming Dynasty Yongle, Zheng He led a large fleet, passes through the Malacca Strait, broken million hectares of Persil, across the vast ocean of India, will be Chinese footprints in the West Asia and East africa. Now, China's 85% oil on shipping. Several pass through the Strait of Malacca.

Review of the age of sail

This high mast sailing, let the person recollections that distant era of navigation. In Malacca, immediately make people feel there is a gorgeous color. Near the equator and the sunshine in the city square, let the landmark building the Malacca red more eye-catching.

The Christ Church square before the city was built in 1753, is aHollandArchitecture. Red house is also the seat of Holland architecture. Who is the governor of Holland and his entourage of political institutions, is now a museum. Since sixteenth Century, the western colonists began to East invasion, in order to expansion and plunder, has been to occupy the Malacca Strait and contested. First the Portuguese, then the dutch.

"Holland red" building

Square in front of the clock tower records the history of the place. The building is full of "Holland red". Red house floats is another tropical colors. This is a integrating different language, different religions, different habits. Mount St Paul, gray Church of St Paul witnessed the vicissitudes of the years. St Paul church before the Shengfalangxisi.DaliStone statue. Standing on the hills of the church, Shengfalangxisi overlooking the entire city of Malacca.