........................... Interesting Places
of Malaysia
A FOMOSA .............................................................................................................. Situated
at the St. Paul Hill near Jalan Kota in Melaka
city.
It
was a fortress overlooking the Straits of Melaka.
Built by the Portugese in 1511 as a fortress
against invasion. It was damaged when the Dutch
invaded the Melaka in 1808 and was partly saved
by Sir Stamford Raffles