Checklist of Historical Landmarks & Sites of Melaka

There is no doubt about it. We all love Melaka. It is not too near yet not too far for a weekend getaway. So much history, so much culture to be found there. We all love lists (to tick off), at least I do. So I have this list on which there are thirty historical sites in Melaka. Some we have visited recently, some a while ago, and still some not yet. So this blog post will be in progress as I try to 'complete the list' with pictures, descriptions, and ... visits to Melaka.

*7 Landmarks/sites in blue yet to be visited. Good excuses to revisit Melaka again and again.

1. Porta de Santiago of the A'Famosa fortress.
No doubt the most famous historical landmark of Melaka.








2. Ruins of St Paul's Church & Lighthouse
3. The Stadthuys was the residence of the Dutch Governor and his deputy which now houses the Museum of History & Ethnography.

4. St John's Fort
5. Proclamation of Independence Memorial
6. Bastion House
7. Christ Church
8. Kampung Hulu Mosque is the oldest mosque in Melaka.

9. Hang Li Poh's Well. Hang Li Po arrived in Melaka from China to marry Sultan Mansur Shah (1456-1477). She came with 500 retainers and they were said to have married locals and settled in what is now Bukit China.


10. Cheng Hoon Teng Temple the oldest Chinese Buddhist temple.








11. St Francis Xavier's Church

12. Sri Poyyatha Temple
13. St Peter's Church
14. Tranquerah Mosque
15. Bukit Cina

16. Melaka River 'Venice of the East'








17. Kampung Kling Mosque

18. Sam Po Kong Temple
19. Hang Jebat's Mausoleum

20. Hang Tuah's Well

21. Jonker Street (Chinatown); now Jalan Hang Jebat.








22. Hang Kasturi's Mausoleum

23. Tanjung Tuan Lighthouse
24. Hang Tuah's Mausoleum
25. Fort Supai
26. Dol Said's Mausoleum.  
27. Portuguese Well
28. Tun Teja's Mausoleum. 
29. Middleburgh Bastion

30. Dutch Graveyard
30 historical sites of Melaka