Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion
The Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion is a government gazetted heritage building located on Leith Street in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. The mansion's external decorations and indigo-blue outer walls make it a very distinctive building, and it is sometimes referred to as The Blue Mansion.Photo: Mahen Bala, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: former mansion (and now hotel and museum) in George Town, Penang, Malaysia
- Also known as: “Blue Mansion”, “Rumah Agam Cheong Fatt Tze”, and “The Blue Mansion”
- Address: 14 Lebuh Leith, George Town, 10200
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Camera Museum and Old Protestant Cemetery.
Camera Museum
Museum
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Camera Museum is a museum in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. Camera Museum is situated 210 metres southeast of Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion.
Old Protestant Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Bubbha, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Old Protestant Cemetery, also known as Northam Road Cemetery, is a disused Protestant cemetery in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. After more than a century of neglect, it is now listed as a Class 1 Heritage Site and is maintained by the Penang Heritage Trust. Old Protestant Cemetery is situated 210 metres northwest of Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion.
Penang State Museum and Art Gallery
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Penang State Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. Penang State Museum and Art Gallery is situated 430 metres east of Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include George Town and Sungai Pinang.
George Town
Photo: Gp song, CC BY-SA 3.0.
George Town is the capital city of the Malaysian state of Penang. It is Malaysia's sixth largest city, with a population of about 708,000, with 1.7 million in the metro area, as of 2020.
Sungai Pinang
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Photo: arches, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sungai Pinang is a residential neighbourhood within the downtown core of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. The neighbourhood lies along the southern bank of the Pinang River and is bounded by Jalan Sungai Pinang to the south.
Pulau Tikus
Quarter
Photo: Vnonymous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pulau Tikus is a neighbourhood within the downtown core of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Named after a rock just off the coast of Penang Island, this upper class neighbourhood is home to Eurasian, Thai and Burmese communities. Pulau Tikus is situated 3 km northwest of Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion.
Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion
- Categories: mansion, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Daerah Timur Laut, Penang, West Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
5.42151° or 5° 25′ 17″ northLongitude
100.33477° or 100° 20′ 5″ eastOpen location code
6PQ2C8CM+JWOpenStreetMap ID
way 247175848OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q5091627
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Persian—“Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “张弼士故居”
- Chinese: “張弼士故居”
- Dutch: “Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion”
- French: “Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion”
- German: “Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion”
- Malay: “Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion”
- Malay: “Rumah Agam Cheong Fatt Tze”
- Persian: “عمارت چئونگ فات زی”
- “Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Night Food Court Red Garden and Little Penang Antique street market.
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