Porta de Santiago

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city gate historic monument tourist attraction

Porta de Santiago is the sole surviving gatehouse of the 16th-century Portuguese A Famosa fortress in Malacca, Malaysia, and a prominent historical landmark of the city.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Porta de Santiago canonical 1
Porta de Santiago gatehouse 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city gate ⓘ
historic monument ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle Portuguese colonial architecture ⓘ
category Buildings and structures in Malacca City ⓘ
Fortifications in Malaysia ⓘ
Portuguese colonial architecture in Malaysia ⓘ
Tourist attractions in Malacca ⓘ
coordinateLocation 2.191°N 102.249°E ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel near sea level ⓘ
hasInscription Dutch coat of arms ⓘ
Portuguese coat of arms NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart arched gateway ⓘ
bastion remains ⓘ
coat of arms relief ⓘ
heritageDesignation Malacca Museum Corporation protected monument ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site component NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 1512 ⓘ
early 16th century ⓘ
languageOfName Portuguese ⓘ
locatedIn Malacca NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malacca City NERFINISHED ⓘ
Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Malacca River NERFINISHED ⓘ
St. Paul’s Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stadthuys NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy Malacca Museum Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed brick ⓘ
laterite ⓘ
stone ⓘ
namedAfter Saint James NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLanguageName Porta de Santiago NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy Government of Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf A Famosa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentDayUse historical education ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
significantEvent British demolition of A Famosa walls ⓘ
Dutch conquest of Malacca ⓘ
preservation ordered by Sir Stamford Raffles ⓘ
significantPeriod Dutch rule in Malacca ⓘ
Portuguese rule in Malacca ⓘ
survivesAs sole remaining gatehouse of A Famosa ⓘ
usedFor city entrance control ⓘ
defensive purposes ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

A Famosa fort → hasPart → Porta de Santiago ⓘ
subject surface form: A Famosa
A Famosa fort → currentRemnant → Porta de Santiago ⓘ
subject surface form: A Famosa
this entity surface form: Porta de Santiago gatehouse