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Remains of a Centuries Old Bastion of Frederik Hendrik
The theme park atmosphere of the new developments at the mouth of the Sungei Melaka turned me off. So I decided to resume the trail along the historical center of Melaka. As with any self respecting and insecure colonizing power, the numerous conquerors of Melaka built bulwarks surrounding the entire town of Melaka. This is very typical of western colonizers as it also happened with the Spanish at Intramuros in Manila, Philippines where the walls still stand. In the case of Melaka, the Portuguese and then the Dutch built and fortified the bulwarks they built.
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