Description: Also known as Porta de Santiago or simply Fortress Gate during British rule the A Famosa gate was part of a larger fortification built in 1512 by the Portuguese who were in charge of Malacca then It was built to defend the Portuguese colony from natives and later the DutchIn 1807 the fortification complex was demolished by the British save for the gate thanks to the timely intervention of Sir Stamford Raffles the founder of SingaporeA Famosa means famous in Portuguese People often confuse it with Formosa the former name of Taiwan which is another Portuguese word meaning beautiful
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Date: 2015-05-01
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Melaka A Famosa sourced from Openclipart is licensed under CC0 1.0
* Note: Date might not match original source and might be an educated guess.