tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60012767573733363022023-11-16T05:53:33.974-08:00 One Mile To A Famosa STORY BEHIND THE HISTORYTantiana's Piece of Mindhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17486827127213647100noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001276757373336302.post-327190811956582342013-10-14T22:52:00.000-07:002013-10-21T04:15:09.261-07:00INTRODUCTION<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: large; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> Famosa is one of the most
valuable ruins built by the Portuguese years ago. This place is another sought of
attractive place in Malacca that all Malaysian and tourist not miss if visiting
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wish this blog can give some ideas or information to people out there
especially to the new generation. We as Malaysia should know and care about
our country and be proud of it. If not us, who else would care?</span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><i><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">This story of Kota A Famosa was extracted from the book
<span style="color: blue;"><b>"The Hikayat Abdullah"</b> </span>translated in English by A.H. Hill. It
describes the appearance and the destruction of the fort "A Famosa"
based on the narration of Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir also known as Munshi
Abdullah who was born in Malacca in 1797 a legendary Malay writer in the 19th
century and who once work as Sir Stamford Raffles assistant and translator in
Singapore and Malacca</span>.</span></i></span><i style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></i></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Behind
the name of Kota A Famosa, there’s a lot of history to be told. Kota A Famosa also
means, <b><span style="color: blue;">“<i>The Famous</i>”</span></b> or <b><span style="color: blue;">“<i>Porta de Santiago</i>”</span></b> that called by the Portuguese.
This fortress located at Bandar Hilir, Malacca next to a replica of the Malacca
Sultanate Place. It is the oldest European architecture that still standing in Malaysia.</span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">During
the Portuguese rule, the fort was important to them in order to protect from
the enemies such as, British and Dutch. All the residents were trapped inside
of the fort and they just eat cat and rat to survive. Finally, on 14<sup>th</sup>
January 1641, Malacca was attacked by the Dutch and was badly damaged. Only the
entrance facade and a church structure are left.<br /> </span></span><br /><br /><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then,
in the year of 19<sup>th</sup> century, British took over Malacca to prevent it
from falling in the hands of Napoleon and decided to destroy the whole fort. In
the year of 1806, the whole A Famosa was demolished, leaving only a small part
as we can see today.</span></span></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%;">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, Alfonso de Albuquerque built the fortress around a
natural hill near the sea. </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">He believed that Malacca would become an
important port linking in order to create a strong friendly ports fort ships to
travel from China to Malacca and vice versa. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The structure of A Famosa consists
of ramparts and four major towers. Each tower has different room such as four-storey
keep room, ammunition room, captain’s residence and officer’s quarters.
Besides, there was a meeting room for the Portuguese councils and 5 churches.</span></span></span></h3>
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is some uniqueness that was found in the fort which became the European architecture
that still remains in Asia. The purpose of built A Famosa is to be defense of
Malacca. Portuguese colonists also make this Christian settlement with 5
churches, places of worship, monasteries, hospitals, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br /><br /><div style="line-height: 150%; text-align: center;">
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"> After conquered the city of
Melaka, Dutch repaired and made some modification. They put their </span><span style="line-height: 24px;">arms</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> on the </span><span style="line-height: 24px;">gate</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> which </span><span style="line-height: 24px;">remains</span><span style="line-height: 150%;"> until now the Porta de Sntigo, the only door that survived with the engraving <i><span style="color: blue;">"Anno 1670" .</span></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://memorabletripmelacca.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-famosa-building.html">http://memorabletripmelacca.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-famosa-building.html</a></span><br />
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<a href="http://afamosa-nuraliasaqinamy.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://afamosa-nuraliasaqinamy.blogspot.com/</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lots of information about the history of Kota A Famosa, which has largely been forgotten by the society. Therefore, we as Malaysian, must appreciate and preserve the heritage of Kota A Famosa. I also find the uniqueness of the structure can attract many tourist to come and visit Malaysia.</span></h3>
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