Address: 3 Lebuh Farquhar, Penang Shortly after Captain Francis Light arrived on Penang Island in 1786, he arranged for the first Roman Catholic community of Eurasians to be brought over by ship from the parish in Kuala Kedah. They had emigrated from Phuket and Ligor to Kedah, before moving to Penang due to religious persecution. [...]
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Address: Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling, George Town 10300, Penang. Located at the busy junction of Chulia Street and Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling, this mosque’s spacious grounds and gardens is a serene spot for many to watch the world go by. A monumental mosque crowned by yellow domes and minarets, it is the largest historic mosque [...]
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Address: Acheen Street, Penang Also known as Masjid Melayu Lebuh Acheh, the mosque was built on land donated by Syed Sheriff Tengku Syed Hussain Al-Aidid, an Acheh-Arabian merchant of the Achenese Royal of northern Sumatra who settled in Penang in 1792. The small window halfway up the minaret is said to have originally been a [...]
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Address: 1, Lebuh Farquhar 10200 Penang. At the corner of Lebuh Farquhar and Jalan Mesjid Kapitan Keling, the historic church, named after a patron saint of England, is reportedly the oldest Anglican church in Malaysia. Built by convicts, it has been faithfully holding services since its conception in 1818. The grand Francis Light memorial that [...]
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Address: 14 Lebuh Leith, 10200 Georgetown, Pulau Pinang. Also called the Blue Mansion,The Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion is the “Winner of the UNESCO Conservation Award 2000 National Architecture Award for Conservation 1995.” Penang’s first high profile private restoration project. `The magic of the Mansion touches all who have worked on it or visited it’. Laid [...]
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