A Famosa Fortress
A Famosa was a Portuguese fortress built in Malacca, Malaysia, around 1512. The oldest part of the fortress was a five-storey keep which eventually gave its name to the fortress as a whole.Photo: Vmenkov, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: Portuguese fortress in Melaka, Malaysia
- Also known as: “A Famosa” and “Kota A Famosa”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St. Paul Church and Melaka Sultanate Palace Museum.
St. Paul Church
Ruins
Photo: Rudolph.A.furtado, Public domain.
Saint Paul's Church is a historic church building in Malacca City, Malaysia, that was originally built from 1566 to 1590. It is the oldest European building east of India.
Melaka Sultanate Palace Museum
Museum
Photo: Adiput, Public domain.
Malacca Sultanate Palace Museum also known as the Melaka Sultanate Palace Museum is a museum located at the foot of St. Paul's Hill in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia. Melaka Sultanate Palace Museum is situated 100 metres northeast of A Famosa Fortress.
People’s Meseum
Museum
Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
People's Museum is a museum in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia, which records and preserves the achievements of Malacca in the development sector and officially opened on 16 April 1992 by then Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Malacca and Morten Village.
Malacca
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Malacca City is a city and the capital of the state of Malacca, Malaysia. Malacca is a vibrant old city with a unique historical and cultural background. The city centre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with George Town, Penang.
Morten Village
Hamlet
Photo: Chongkian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kampung Morten is a historically traditional Malay village in Malacca City Centre in the Malaysian state of Malacca. It is named after a British land revenue collector during the British Malaya, Frederick Joseph Morten.
Portuguese Settlement
Neighborhood
The Portuguese Settlement is a neighbourhood in Ujong Pasir, Malacca City, which serves as a home for the Kristang or Portuguese-Eurasian people of Malacca.
A Famosa Fortress
- Categories: fort, cultural heritage, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Melaka Tengah District, Malacca, West Coast, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
2.1924° or 2° 11′ 33″ northLongitude
102.24962° or 102° 14′ 59″ eastOpen location code
6PJ456RX+XROpenStreetMap ID
way 599113639OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q1955098
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“A Famosa Fortress” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “آ فاموسا”
- Bengali: “আ ফামোসা”
- Chinese: “圣地牙哥古城门”
- Chinese: “圣地雅哥古城门”
- Chinese: “法摩沙城堡”
- Chinese: “法摩沙堡”
- Chinese: “聖地牙哥古城門”
- Dutch: “A Famosa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فاموزا”
- French: “A Famosa”
- Galician: “A Famosa”
- German: “A Famosa”
- Iban: “A Famosa”
- Indonesian: “A Famosa”
- Italian: “A Famosa”
- Japanese: “ファモサ要塞”
- Malay: “A Famosa”
- Persian: “ای فاموسا”
- Polish: “Twierdza Famosa”
- Portuguese: “A Famosa”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Malaca”
- Portuguese: “Porta de Santiago”
- Russian: “А’Фамоса”
- Spanish: “A Famosa”
- Tamil: “ஆ பாமோசா”
- Vietnamese: “A Famosa”
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Highlights include Dutch Cemetery and St. Pauls‘ Church Lighthouse.
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