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Saint Paul Church

Keywords : Christ Church, Saint Paul Church, Our Lady of The Hill, Annunciation

Site common nameSaint Paul Church
Type of artworkArchitecture
Village-
Province/CityMelaka
StateMelaka
CountryMalaysia
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 2.192546
Long : 102.2495738

History of productionThe first church is a small chapel built in 1521 by the Portuguese under the name of Our Lady of the Hill. The name of this church was changed to Annunciation church and Saint Paul church respectively and the church become larger and larger. When Dutch occupied Melaka, the church had become the Protestant church and they used this church until they built their own on the foot of the hill
ArtThe chapel was built from laterites. The church has a classic style pediment and a plain rose window in front. Within the structure is quite simple. On the floor, many grave plates can be found. This is the tradition of the Christians that will engrave the corpse on the church’s floor in order to be God’s servants.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodBritish Colonization Period
Age16th century
ReligionChristianity
SectProtestant, Catholic

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-02-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali