Melaka is the great places !!: Menara Taming Sari

Sunday 28 July 2013

Menara Taming Sari

Officially opened to the public on the 18th of April 2008, Menara Taming Sari is the first gyro tower in Malaysia, as endorsed by the Malaysian Book of Records. The Taming Sari Tower is 110 metres high, and its revolving feature offers visitors a 360-degree panoramic view of the Malacca town.

Menara Taming Sari is named after the Taming Sari keris, as the structure’s design follows the shape of the keris, with the peak of the tower resembling the keris hilt. The Taming Sari keris is a mythical weapon belonging to the legendary Malay warrior, Hang Tuah. The keris was a prize to Hang Tuah from the Majapahit kingdom for killing their supposedly invincible enemy warrior named Taming Sari. The keris derives its name from the original owner. Taming Sari keris is said to possess mystical power, making those who possessed it invincible.

Menara Taming Sari is managed by Melaka Taming Sari Bhd, which is a subsidiary of Kumpulan Melaka Berhad, wholly owned by Malacca State government. Built using advanced Swiss technology at a cost of RM24 million, the structure of Menara Taming Sari is reportedly strong enough to withstand earthquakes measuring up to 10 Richter scale.

A ride in the Menara Taming Sari starts as the glass cabin hypnotically revolves as it rises from the ground to the top of the tower. The tower is able to accommodate 66 people per viewing session and lasts about 7 minutes per session. As the glass cabin reaches the top, a breathtaking view from the height of 80 meters, the ride offers you a spectacular and panaromic view of Historical Malacca City. Various interesting places can also be sighted such as the Stadhuys, St Paul’s Hill, Proclamation of Independence Memorial Building, Samudera Maritime Museum and the ship, Flor De La Mar, Malacca River, Pulau Melaka and the Straits of Malacca. A ride at night provides visitors a totally different view. Hence it is worth taking rides both in daytime and at night.

In addition to the opportunity to get a bird’s-eye view of Malacca, this attraction is also fitted with a tourist information centre and several commercial outlets consisting of a café, a restaurant and souvenir shops.

Location

Menara Taming Sari is located in the popular district of Bandar Hilir on Jalan Merdeka, within walking distance from Mahkota Parade Shopping Complex and Dataran Pahlawan Megamall.

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Introduction Of Melaka

Introduction

Malacca (Malay: Melaka, dubbed "The Historic State" ) is the third smallest Malaysian state after Perlis and Penang. It is located in the southern region of the Malay Peninsula, next to the Straits of Malacca. It borders Negeri Sembilan to the north and Johor to the south. The capital is Malacca City, which is 148 km south east of Malaysia's capital city Kuala Lumpur, 235 km north west to Johor's largest city Johor Bahru, and 95 km north west to Johor's second largest city, Batu Pahat. This historical city centre has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 7 July 2008.

Although it was the location of one of the earliest Malay sultanates, the monarchy was abolished when the Portuguese conquered it in 1511. The head of state is the Yang di-Pertua Negeri or Governor, rather than a Sultan.

History of Melaka

The history of Malacca is largely the story of the city for which it is named, and the story of the city of Malacca begins with the fascinating and partly legendary tale of the Hindu prince Parameswara.

The Malay Annals relate that Parameswara was a fourteenth-century Palembang prince who, fleeing from a Javanese enemy, escaped to the island of Temasik (present-day Singapore) and quickly established himself as its king. Shortly afterward, however, Parameswara was driven out of Temasik by an invasion by the Siamese, and with a small band of followers set out along the west coast of the Malay peninsula in search of a new refuge. The refugees settled first at Muar, Johor, but they were quickly driven away by a vast and implacable horde of monitor lizards; the second spot chosen seemed equally unfavorable, as the fortress that the refugees began to build fell to ruins immediately. Parameswara moved on. Soon afterward, during a hunt near the mouth of a river called Bertam, he saw a white mouse-deer or pelanduk kick one of his hunting dogs. So impressed was he by the mouse-deer's brave gesture that he decided immediately to build a city on the spot. He asked one of his servants the name of the tree under which he was resting and, being informed that the tree was called a Malaka, gave that name to the city. The year was 1400.

Although its origin is as much romance as history, the fact is that Parameswara's new city was situated at a point of tremendous strategic importance. Midway along the straits that linked China to India and the Near East, Malacca was perfectly positioned as a center for maritime trade. The city grew rapidly, and within fifty years it had become a wealthy and powerful hub of international commerce, with a population of over 50,000. It was during this period of Malacca's history that Islam was introduced to the Malay world, arriving along with Gujarati traders from western India. By the first decade of the sixteenth century Malacca was a bustling, cosmopolitan port, attracting hundreds of ships each year. The city was known worldwide as a center for the trade of silk and porcelain from China; textiles from Gujarat and Coromandel in India; camphor from Borneo; sandalwood from Timor; nutmeg, mace, and cloves from the Moluccas, gold and pepper from Sumatra; and tin from western Malaya.

Unfortunately, this fame arrived at just the moment when Europe began to extend its power into the East, and Malacca was one of the very first cities to attract its covetous eye. The Portuguese under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque arrived first, taking the city after a sustained bombardment in 1511. The Sultan Mahmud fled to Johor, from whence the Malays counterattacked the Portuguese repeatedly though without success. One reason for the strength of the Portuguese defence was the construction of the massive fortification of A Famosa or Porta De Santiago, only a small portion of which survives today.

A Famosa ensured Portuguese control of the city for the next one hundred and fifty years, until, in 1641, the Dutch after an eight-month siege and a fierce battle. Malacca was captured, but it lay in almost complete ruin. Over the next century and a half, the Dutch rebuilt the city and occupied it largely as a military base, using its strategic location to control the Straits of Malacca. In 1795, when the Netherlands was captured by French Revolutionary armies, Malacca was handed over to the British by the Dutch to avoid capture by the French. Although they returned the city to the Dutch in 1808, it was soon given over to the British once again in a trade for Bencoleen, Sumatra. From 1826, the English East India Company in Calcutta ruled the city, although it experienced Japanese occupation from 1942 to 1945. Independence did not arrive until 1957, when anti-colonial sentiment culminated in a proclamation of independence by His Highness Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, Malaysia's first Prime Minister.

Introduction of Melaka

Introduction

History of Melaka

Melaka is the great places !!

Features of Melaka State

Sunday 28 July 2013

Menara Taming Sari

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