For more information, see received card no #1371.
Date of Inscription on the List of UNESCO WHS: 2008
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Sent on: November 9, 2017
Received on: January 11, 2018
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31 August 2017
#1371 Malaysia
The Cheng Hoon Teng temple (Chinese: 青云亭; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tshinn-hûn-tîng; lit. "Temple of Green Cloud") is a Chinese temple practicing the Three Doctrinal Systems of Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism located at No. 25 Jalan Tokong, Malacca City, Malaysia. It is the oldest functioning temple in Malaysia.
Date of Inscription on the List of UNESCO WHS: 2008
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Sent on: August 14, 2017
Received on: August 28, 2017
06 February 2017
#1214 Malaysia
A Famosa (Malay: Kota A Famosa; "The Famous" in Portuguese) is a Portuguese fortress located in Malacca, Malaysia. It is among the oldest surviving European architectural remains in Asia. The Porta de Santiago, a small gate house, is the only remaining part of the fortress still standing.
The name is often mispronounced /eɪ/ Famosa, even among Malaysians, as though the Portuguese definite article a were the English letter A. A more authentic pronunciation would be /ɑː/ Famosa.
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Sent on: January 12, 2017
Received on: February 2, 2017
02 February 2015
#791 Malaysia
The Stadthuys (an old Dutch spelling, meaning city hall), also known as the Red Square, is a historical structure situated in the heart of Malacca Town, the administrative capital of the state of Malacca, Malaysia. It was built by the Dutch occupants in 1650 as the office of the Dutch Governor and Deputy Governor.
When Malacca was handed over to the British in the 19th century, the Malacca Free School was opened in the vicinity of the Stadthuys on 7 December 1826, by missionaries
residing in the state, in response to a letter dated 19 April 1825,
signed by a J. Humprey, J. W. Overee and A. W. Baumgarten, which called
for an English institutional education to be built in Malacca. The
school which the British provided free education to residents was eventually renamed Malacca High School in 1871 upon a takeover by the British government, and moved out to its present site at Chan Koon Cheng Road in 1931.
Situated at Laksamana Road, beside the Christ Church,
the supposed oldest remaining Dutch historical building in the Orient,
is now the home of a Museum of History and Ethnography. Among the
displays in the museum are traditional costumes and artifacts throughout
the history of Malacca, which makes it Malacca's premier museum.
Date of Inscription on the List of UNESCO WHS: 2008
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Sent on: January 2015
Received on: February 2, 2015
Sent on: January 2015
Received on: February 2, 2015
27 March 2014
#552 Alor Setar, Malaysia
The Kek Lok Si Temple (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ki̍k-lo̍k-sī; Penang Hokkien for "Temple of Supreme Bliss" or "Temple of Sukhavati") is a Buddhist temple situated in Air Itam in Penang and is one of the best known temples on the island. It is the largest Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia. The temple is heavily commercialised with shops at every level and inside the main temple complexes.
The construction of the temple began in 1890 and was inspired by the chief monk of the Goddess of Mercy Temple at Pitt Street. With the support of the consular representative of China in Penang, the project received the sanction of the Emperor Guangxu, who bestowed a tablet and gift of 70,000 volumes of the Imperial Edition of the Buddhist Sutras.
The primary benefactor of the Kek Lok Si Temple in 1906 was none other than Kapitan Chung Keng Quee.
In 1930, the seven storey main pagoda of the temple or the Pagoda of 10,000 Buddhas, was completed. This pagoda combines a Chinese octagonal base with a middle tier of Thai design, and a Burmese crown; reflecting the temple's embrace of both Mahayana and Theravada Buddhism.
In 2002, a 30.2m bronze statue of the Kuan Yin was completed and opened to public. It replaced the previous white plaster Kuan Yin statue which was damaged due to a fire a few years earlier. The bronze statue is located on the hillside above the pagoda while the head of the previous statue which survived the fire is preserved and placed on the right hand corner of the new statue.
It's located in George Town in Penang and so it's part of UNESCO WHS as a Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the straits of Malacca.
Date of Inscription on the List of UNESCO WHS: 2008
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Sent on: March 2, 2014
Received on: March 26, 2014
14 March 2014
#533 Temerloh, Malaysia
The Kek Lok Si Temple (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ki̍k-lo̍k-sī; Penang Hokkien for "Temple of Supreme Bliss" or "Temple of Sukhavati") is a Buddhist temple situated in Air Itam in Penang and is one of the best known temples on the island. It is the largest Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia. The temple is heavily commercialised with shops at every level and inside the main temple complexes.
Mahayana Buddhism and traditional Chinese rituals blend into a harmonious whole, both in the temple architecture and artwork as well as in the daily activities of worshippers.
Wikipedia.org
It's located on George Town in Penang, Malaysia and so it's part of UNESCO WHS as a Malaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the straits of Malacca.
Property No #1223
Date of Inscription on the List of UNESCO WHS: 2008
It's located on George Town in Penang, Malaysia and so it's part of UNESCO WHS as a Malaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the straits of Malacca.
Property No #1223
Date of Inscription on the List of UNESCO WHS: 2008
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Sent on: February 12, 2014
Received on: March 13, 2014
15 February 2014
#494 Malacca, Malaysia
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| Church of St. Francis Xavier |
Located at Jalan Laksamana, right in the middle of the historical city of Malacca, St. Francis Xavier Church in Melaka was built in 1856, in honour of St. Francis Xavier, a prominent 16th-century Catholic missionary. This twin-spired neo-gothic structure was built on the site of an old Portuguese church by a French priest, Father Farvé and the church’s finishing touches were completed in 1859 by Father Allard, with the present-day presbytery built in 1874.
St. Francis Xavier Church was once the largest church built by the Paris Foreign Missionary (also known as Missions étrangères de Paris or MEP) in the Malay Peninsula. The church was believed to be modelled after the Cathedral of St. Peter in Southern France, Montpellier, which followed closely the older church’s original construction, except for a portico which was later added in 1963.
It's in the List of UNESCO WHS as a part of Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca.
Date of Inscription on the List of UNESCO WHS: 2008
Thank you, Sufi !
Sent on: January 15, 2014
Received on: February 14, 2014
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