Malacca Straits Mosque
A mosque on the man-made Malacca Island, opened in 2006 and built with a mix of Middle Eastern and Malay craftsmanship. When the water is high it reaches the walls, and the building seems to float on the strait.
- Where
- Malacca, Melaka, Malaysia
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 2.1789, 102.2490
Get the Malacca Straits Mosque stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Malacca Straits Mosque. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Melaka volume with your photos and a note.
Near Malacca Straits Mosque
Taming Sari Tower 1.3 km
A 110 metre gyro tower whose cabin turns as it rises, giving a full circle view over Malacca City and beyond. Opened in 2008, its design takes after Taming Sari, the legendary keris of Hang Tuah.
A Famosa 1.4 km
What remains of the fortress the Portuguese built around 1512, after the Dutch took the city and the British tore the rest down in 1811. The Porta de Santiago gateway still stands at the foot of St Paul's Hill, with the rebuilt Middelburg Bastion nearby.
St Paul's Church 1.5 km
A roofless church on the summit of St Paul's Hill, first built between 1566 and 1590. It is the oldest European building east of India, and its walls shelter old Dutch tombstones, with the town and the strait spread out below.
Malacca Sultanate Palace Museum 1.6 km
A timber reconstruction of the palace of the Malacca Sultanate at the foot of St Paul's Hill, worked out from descriptions in the Malay Annals. It is built of hardwood and belian wood held together with wooden pegs, and was begun in 1984.
Stadthuys 1.7 km
The red town hall the Dutch built in 1650 as the office of their governor, the centrepiece of the square known as Red Square. Under the British it served as treasury, post office and government offices, and the red clock tower stands just beside it.
Christ Church 1.7 km
An Anglican church built by the Dutch in the eighteenth century, painted the same deep red as the Stadthuys beside it on Red Square. It is the oldest Protestant church in Malaysia that still holds services.
Portuguese Settlement 2.0 km
A seaside neighbourhood in Ujong Pasir that is home to the Kristang, Malacca's Portuguese-Eurasian community. Their Creole language and Catholic festivals live on here, along with seafood stalls by the water.
Cheng Hoon Teng Temple 2.1 km
The oldest functioning temple in Malaysia, where Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism are practised under one roof. It stands in Malacca's old quarter on the stretch known as Harmony Street, close to a mosque and a Hindu temple.
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Questions
Where is Malacca Straits Mosque?
Malacca Straits Mosque is in Malacca, Melaka, Malaysia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Taming Sari Tower (1.3 km), A Famosa (1.4 km), St Paul's Church (1.5 km).
How do I get the Malacca Straits Mosque stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Malacca Straits Mosque and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Melaka volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Malacca Straits Mosque before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Melaka volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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