[遊記] 馬六甲聖保羅教堂+聖地牙哥古城門+週遭建築物 Melaka St. Paul's Church+Fort A Famosa+Buildings Nearby

聖保羅教堂 (St. Paul's Church)

該教堂建于1521年，由葡萄牙將軍Duarte Coelho建立，它與聖地牙哥城堡同时建成。該教堂被命名為“聖母山教堂”，但後來變成荷蘭貴族墓地，被命名為“聖保羅教堂”。
(This church was constructed by the Portuguese captain, Duarte Coelho, and named as "Our Lady of The Hill". It was later turned into a grave yard by the Dutch for their noble dead, and renamed "St. Paul's Church".)

教堂前立著葡萄牙著名傳教士聖方濟雕像。傳教士聖方濟于1553年死後曾葬于此。荷蘭人由於不相信傳說中聖方濟死後肉身不腐，便開棺驗尸斩掉其右手，卻見血流出來。其尸体後移葬于印度的果亞。故此，雕像缺少了右手臂。
(The statue of Portugal famous evangelist St. Francis Xavier. The body of St. Francis Xavier was interred here temporarily before it was taken to Goa, India.)

鍾樓、教堂大門上方與馬六甲樹枝椏。
(Clock tower, Church Main Entrance-upper portion, and branches of Melacca tree.)

仍保留在教堂里的墓碑。(刻的是拉丁文?葡萄牙文?)
(The remaining gravestone, engraved with Latin? or Portuguese?)

聖地牙哥古城門 (Porta de Santiago-Fort A Famosa)

聖地牙哥堡壘建于1511年，其建造者是葡萄牙人Alfonso de Albuquerque。1641年，荷蘭佔領馬六甲，之後英國人從荷蘭人手中換得馬六甲，聖地牙哥堡壘就此落入英國人手中。(Fort A Famosa was constructed by the Portuguese, Alfonso de Albuquerque, in 1511. Dutch conquered Melaka in 1641 but exchanged with British later on. )

英国人占领之后开始着手拆除該堡，所幸Sir Stamford Rafles 在1808年阻止這摧毀計畫。僅存至今的只剩下了這城門。
(British tried to destroy this fort but was aborted as a result of the intervention of Sir Stamford Raffles in 1808.)

城牆上中間部分，刻有两個人像,其一不知是否是Alfonso de Albuquerque?

週遭的建築物 Buildings Nearby

從紅屋坊走向聖地牙哥古城門, 會經過:

Architecture Museum of Malaysia