Porta de Santiago (A Famosa) (#24)

In 1511 a Portuguese fleet arrived under the command of Alfonso de Albuquerque. His forces attacked and successfully defeated the armies of the Malacca Sultanate. Moving quickly to consolidate his gains, Albuquerque had a great fortress built around a natural hill near the sea. The fortress once consisted of long ramparts and four major towers.

Several centuries later, the Dutch drove the Portuguese out of Malacca and subsequently were themselves taken over by the British. The English were wary of maintaining the fortification and ordered its destruction in 1806. The fort was almost totally demolished but for the timely intervention of Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of Singapore, who happened to visit Malacca in 1810. Because of his passion for history, this small gate (Porta de Santiago) was spared destruction. (Wikipedia)

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Excellent, my friend. Have a Good Day, mate.
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Another super shot !
Beautiful colors !
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fantastic! great capture!

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Wow Chris, the colours are so vivid, love the blues and green, they just pop out! Love the warm tones on the structure

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Sandmania says:

Love the detail on this and the colours.
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this is amazing chris , really well done

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This is great. I really like the colour balance and colour saturation in this photo.

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simon_long says:

super cool !!! ,,,my friend great capture,,,well done :)
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The colors are simply fantastic!

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Incredible shot.. as always!!!
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Very nice work as always, Christopher! :)

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Gorgeous colors! A beautiful place and interesting history!
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Very beautiful colours, my friend

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Very nice image

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Splendid capture!

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Awesome Chris!
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great colours
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Nice work!!

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Fantastic light, colors, view and interesting story behind it! So, we're fully informed, thanks.
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Outstanding shot, well composed with awesome colors!
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Gorgeous colour!
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Well done Christopher, vivid and outstanding:)))

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Gorgeous shot.
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wow, super saturated .. nice!
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Just an another breath taking shot, Chris. I am always wondering how you keep up your good work!!!

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Gert van Duinen says:

Truly amazing. Love it from bottom to top and from left to right.
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nice shot
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Excelente nivel de fotografía. Enhorabuena. Esta foto me encanta
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i love all ur photos chris... is so so nice...:)
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hbierau says:

Great colours!
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Excellent photos of A Famosa, better than the one we see in local magazine!
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moitas61 says:

A Famosa é o nome dado a uma porta de uma fortaleza situada em Malaca, na Malásia. É uma das estruturas arquitectónicas mais antigas construídas por europeus na Ásia. Outrora parte integrante de uma imponente fortaleza destruída pelos ingleses, esta pequena porta (também conhecida como Porta de Santiago) é tudo o que resta da mesma.

Em 1511 uma frota sob o comando de Alfonso de Albuquerque chegou ao local. Os homens de Albuquerque atacaram e derrotaram os exércitos do sultanato local. Movendo-se rapidamente para consolidar seus ganhos, Albuquerque mandou construir a fortaleza em torno de um monte natural perto do mar. Albuquerque acreditou que Malaca se transformaria numa importante ligação portuária de Portugal para o comércio de especiarias da China. Nesse tempo outros portugueses estabeleciam feitorias em lugares como Macau na China e Goa na India a fim de criar uma sequência de portos amigáveis para as trocas comerciais entre a China e Portugal.
A fortaleza era constituída por grandes muralhas e quatro torres principais. Uma era o suporte da feitoria, e as outras albergavam um paiol de munições, a residência do capitão e os quartos de alguns oficiais. A maioria da população aglomerara-se em casas dentro das paredes da fortaleza. Com o aumento da população de Malaca a fortaleza original foi incapaz de a albergar e assim extensões à fortaleza foram adicionadas por volta de 1586. A fortaleza mudou de mãos em 1641 quando os neerlandeses expulsaram com sucesso os portugueses de Malaca. Eles renovaram a porta em 1670, o que explica o logo ANNO 1670 inscrito no arco da mesma. Por cima do arco está um logo em baixo-relevo da Companhia das Indias Orientais Holandesas.
O forte mudou de mãos outra vez no século seguinte quando os neerlandeses o entregaram aos ingleses para impedir que caísse nas mãos de expansionistas franceses de Napoleão. Os ingleses tinham dificuldade para manter a fortificação e determinaram a sua destruição em 1806. O forte foi demolido quase totalmente, mas por intervenção oportuna de Stamford Raffles, fundador de Singapura e grande apaixonado pela história, que visitou Malaca em 1810, esta pequena porta foi poupada da destruição.

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Fantastic!!Wonderful!!
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nice contrast...
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Jill .... in Singapore lah! says:

this is a great capture!!!!good job excellent photographer
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sternz™ says:

proud 2 be malaccian:)
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quachee says:

picture perfect :)
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aka_sakabato says:

how you manage to shot with nobody in the frame? I have been there a lot, there are always people around, even until midnight.
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FelipeTerra says:

!!!...G.R.E.A.T._.S.H.O.T...!!!
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pakmalau says:

aku bangga dengan gambar ni kerana ia ada kat Malaysia wow fantastic
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Cacauzitta says:

Amazing!
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