Background Of A Famosa Mallaca

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1. Background of A’Famosa Malacca. In the late 14th century and early 15th century, Malacca was found by the Sumatran prince, Parameswara. Malacca is named due to the history which said the prince, was hunting one day and while resting under a tree, one of his dogs cornered a mousedeer. The mousedeer defensed itself and forced the dog into the river. After watching the battle, he is motivated to the courage of the mousedeer and decided to declare the ground he was sitting as a city and named it as Malacca. Many people thought and believed that the Malacca was named by the prince due to the tree that was shading him. Focusing on the history of the monument in Malacca called A’Famosa also known as “The Famous” in Portuguese is the oldest sustaining architectural heritage in Asia. “Porta de Santiago” is the other names of this tiny gate that located in Bandar Hilir Melaka. This gate is one of the four main gates of the famous Portuguese fortress. A’Famosa was built by Alfonso de Albequeque in 1512. During 1511, Albequeque forces attacked and successfully defeated armies of the native Sultanate. The fortress is built to fend off the counterattack from the Malacca Sultanate as they trying to kick the Portuguese out. After Portuguese had conquer Malacca, the fortress was built around the natural hill in order to quickly unite his gains. This is also to strengthen the establishment of their empire in the city of Malacca. Malacca is seen to have potential in becoming an

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