Thursday, January 10, 2013

The Unknown Fort of Tranquerah Melaka


The Unknown Fort of Tranquerah Melaka

The Porta de Santiago

Everyone knows this famous fort, in fact the name a Famosa literally means Famous. The Portuguese built it after the fall of Malacca. You should read  Afonso de Albuquerque writen journal about the attack... the battle are intense and brutal... The King and his soldiers defended Malacca with cannon and bombards ... Raja Ahmad himself lead the defence from the front on his war elephant.


Here we can see the three elephant with the Sultan, his son Raja Ahmad and Laksamana Hang Nadim, counter attacking the Portuguese forces who manage to capture the bridge. In this particular battle the Portuguese were beaten back momentarily.





Long story short Malacca falls, its mighty fleet failed to reach Malacca from Linggi to help the King and Malacca was sacked and pillaged.


In late November 2006, a structure part of the fort, believed to be the Middelsburgh Bastion was accidentally uncovered during the construction of 110 meter revolving tower in Malacca Town. Then the bastion was reconstructed.. or at least part of it.

You guys think 700 years ago the a Famosa looks like that? Now lets us compare the replicas and the actual design of the fort.. you guys judge. haha


lihat ketebalan dinding kota ni. Lukisan ni menunjukkan rekaan dinding kota Belanda di Melaka. Selepas kejatuhan Portugis, Belanda telah melakukan perubahan dan pembaikan yang banyak pada aFamosa.


Gambar ni di ambil dari Galle di Sri Lanka. Ini adalah contoh dinding kota kubu2 Belanda.



You can see here the actual height of the aFamosa wall. The building on the left are the church on top of the st Paul hill.

Enough about the aFamosa.

Apa yang aku nak cerita di sini ialah kubu yang lain. Di panggil Kubu Tengkera. Kubu Tengkera ialah sebuah garisan kubu pertahanan yang di bina untuk mempertahankan kawasan yang di panggil Upeh pada zaman Kesultanan Melaka. Sekarang kawasan ni lah terletaknya rumah2 kedai, masjid kampung kling dan masjid Kampung Hulu dan juga rumah2 ibadat kaum Cina dan India.



dari mana aku dapat cerita tentang kubu ni?



Kubu ini sudah tiada kesannya> Tetapi tak menghairankan dua jalan yang berada betul2 diatas kedudukan garisan dinding kubu ini mengandungi perkataan 'kubu' di dalam nama mereka. Adakah ini kebetulan?

Mari kita rujuk peta di bawah ni. Aku sedut dari wikipedia. Peta ni milik belanda. Tarikhnya sepatutnya pada 1700 an.



Apa yang korang nampak di sebelah kiri? KUBU TENGKERA!

 
 mana pergi kubu ni ek? aku google tak banyak info yang ada.


gambar yang ni pula menunjukkan penambah baikkan yang cuba di laksanakan ke atas kubu ini.


dalam peta ni pun kubu Tengkera di tunjukkan dengan jelas sekali. Yang pasti kubu ni juga menjadi mangsa British. tetapi agak pelik ianya tak di sebut dalam mana2 journal British? Even Munshi Abdullah pun tak sebut pasal dinding ni.


lukisan ni menunjukkan serangan Acheh ke atas Kota aFamosa. Sekali lagi kita boleh lihat dengan jelas dinding Kubu Tengkera di sebelah kanan.

Apakah nasib Kubu ni. Boleh kah kita menjumpai runtuhannya sekarang? hahaha

perbincangan lanjut di sini ya

sekain

-=ggk=-

6 comments:

  1. atas dasar pembangunan seperti yg selalu kerajaan dan pemaju laksanakan dimana byk penempatan dan kampung2 di "dismantle' utk memberi laluan sesuatu projek, adakah POSSIBLE kerajaan negeri Melaka mencari gali dan membangun kan semula Kubu Tengkera dan sisa Kota Melaka..warisan Tamadun Melayu???

    balik2, asyik A Famosa..Stadhuys.. Kapal Portugis..kesan British..itu yg ditonjol dan dipulihara.. :p

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  2. betul tu lelaki tanpa nama keh keh

    kalau kita tgk gamba2 ni pun kita tau aFamosa ni di bina atas runtuhan kota kesultanan melaka. Aku yakin kalau korek lagi dalam for sure jumpa lagi banyak kesan2 runtuhan kesultanan melako tu

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  3. ali rustam ada guts ker?? kasi dismantle bangunan2 atas tapak kotak melaka..tengkera.. suh pindah tempat lain..

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  4. kubu tengkera merupakan tembok asal kota Melaka... ini kerana disebelah inilah terletaknya istana, masjid dan kediaman pembesar serta kebanyakan rakyat.. Dikawasan kota portugis itu adalah kawasan bagi menempatkan kuaters2 pedagang dan setor2 perniagaan/perdagangan.

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