The Kota A Famosa, which is one of the oldest buildings in Malaysia, was once the mighty and fearsome fortress that was built in the 15th century by the Portuguese to protect the spice trade route between Portugal and the rest of Asia.
The fort used to have long ramparts and four major towers. Above the A Famosa Fort is St Paul's Hill. There lies the St Paul's church, a place previously used as the prayer house of the Portuguese Catholics. It was named as "The Lady Of the Hill" during that time. The fort and its surroundings shows the first colonisation of the country and at the same time, the influence of different culture which was brought over here forming a new community, that is called the Eurasians.
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