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Wednesday 26 June 2013

Postcard: Reminiscences of the Straits Settlements through postcard (4)

Sent to:
Ulrike (Germany via Postcrossing- MY158541)

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postcrossing/swap

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No. 86 flag Staff & old Fortress-Malacca (c. 1900s)

Size:
11cm x 15cm

Description:
St. Paul's Church on Residency Hill. Originally built as "Our Lady on the Hill" chapel in 1571 by Portuguese Captain Duarte Coelho. The Dutch later used it as the burial ground for their noble dead. The church was renamed 'St. Paul's Church'. Only the massive walls of the church and the gate of the Portuguese fortress 'Porta de Santiago' at the foot of the hill remain today.

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