Portuguese Settlement
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.
- Where
- Malacca, Melaka, Malaysia
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 2.1858, 102.2658
Get the Portuguese Settlement stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Portuguese Settlement. 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 Portuguese Settlement
A Famosa 1.8 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.
Malacca Sultanate Palace Museum 1.9 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.
Malacca Straits Mosque 2.0 km
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.
St Paul's Church 2.0 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.
Christ Church 2.1 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.
Stadthuys 2.1 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.
Taming Sari Tower 2.2 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.
Malacca River 2.4 km
The river that flows through the middle of Malacca state and its old city, a vital trade route in the fifteenth century heyday of the Malacca Sultanate. Boats now run along it past old warehouses, bridges and painted walls.
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Questions
Where is Portuguese Settlement?
Portuguese Settlement is in Malacca, Melaka, Malaysia. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are A Famosa (1.8 km), Malacca Sultanate Palace Museum (1.9 km), Malacca Straits Mosque (2.0 km).
How do I get the Portuguese Settlement stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Portuguese Settlement 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 Portuguese Settlement 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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