melaka

MALACCA’S TOURISM
WEEK.

The second week of March is Malacca’s
Tourism Week. Major hotels in the city
take part to promote their services.
Some of the events include cooking
competitions.

VESAK DAY

May is the month for Buddhist
celebrations. Vesak Day celebrates the
birth, enlightenment and death of the
Lord Buddha

CITY OF MALACCA V- URBAN
MORPHOLOGY

" MALAYSIA HAS HAD MANY SETTLEMENTS ACROSS HISTORY
THAT SHAPED THE UNIQUE CITY THAT IT IS TODAY "

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

The Sultan Period

The Portuguese
Period

The Dutch Period

URBAN DEVELOPMENT

The Britsh Period

After the
Independence

URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Urban Growth

EARLYMALAYA 1396 Early Malaya 1396
• Sumatran Prince arrives from
Temasek(Singapore) on a hunting
expedition and seeks sanctuary here.
He gave the name Malacca

• It is situated at strategic point, midway
along the straights that linked China to
India The Malay Fort

• Constructed by indigenous Malayat
thebottom of the hill, which is the most
prominent feature of Malacca

• Fort was built for protection made of a
system of earth works surrounded by
wooden stockades

1511-1641 PORTUGUESE ERA 1511-1641 Portuguese era

•Portuguese forces under the
command of Alfonsode Albuquerque
attacked and defeated the armies of
Malacca Sultanate. • Local Malays lived
scattered around the land,while the
Portuguese took over the fort
• The wooden fort was reconstructed in
1511after much damage .In 1511,the
Portuguese began construction on a
stone and mortarfortto replace
wooden one.It was completed on the
1512. • Bastions were built; St Pedro,St
Domingos(BastionVictoria), Santiago
and OnzeMil Virgens and A’Famosa(in
light red)

1641-1700 DUTCHERA 1641-1700 Dutchera

• Dutch invaded Malacca after 8
month siege and battle on the night
of13 January 1641 through the back
door of St Domingo (BastionVictoria)

• They rebuilt the city after much
destruction of the battle

• St.Domingo was renamed to
bastionVictoria

• The Stadthuys (in light red) was built
between 1641to 1660 and was used at
the administrative center or successive
governments

1700-1807 DUTCHERA 1700-1807 Dutchera

• The Dutch built up many parts of the
city, including the system of roads.

• In 1753,Christ Church(in light red) was
built along sidetheStadthuys

• Population expanded and more
houses and shops were built outside
the fort

11807-1957 BRITISH RULE 1807-1957 British rule

• British invaded Malacca and
destroyed the fort

• However, Malacca flourished under
the ruling of the British

• Opening schools Sacred Heart
Canossian Conventin JalanKota,and
expanding the city which is nowunder
the UNESCO

1957- PRESENT DAY 1957- Present Day

• In 1957 Malaysia gained
independence from Britain

• Malacca is an established city and is
administered by the Malacca City
Council

• Land reclamation was done due to
increasing population demands.

• In 2008,Malacca was inscribed in the
UNESCO World Heritage List

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Core Zone ZONES OF MALACCA
Buffer Zone
Malacca River

The Core Zone of the Historic City of ZONES OF MALACCA 13
Melaka comprises of two major areas:
RESIDENTIAL
First is St. Paul's Hill Civic Zone which AND COMMERCIAL
has a number of government
buildings, museums, churches, urban ZONE
square and original fortress town
from the 16th century Portuguese and ST PAUL'S HILL
Dutch Period. CIVIC ZONE
Second is The Historic
Residential and Commercial Zone
that has more than 600 shophouses,
commercial and residential buildings,
religious buildings and tombs

Core Zone

Malacca River

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The Core Zone is being protected by BUFFER ZONE
134.03 hectares of Buffer Zone ,
bounded by Jalan Merdeka, Jalan Kota ZONES OF MALACCA
Laksamana, Jalan Ong Kim Wee,
Jalan Tan Chay Yan, Jalan Munshi
Abdullah, back lots of Kampong Banda
Kaba, Jalan Chan Kwn Cheng and Jalan
Merdeka.

Buffer zone
Malacca River









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