St. Francis Xavier’s Church Melaka
January 30th, 2006
Pictures of St. Francis Xavier’s Church at Flickr
The construction of Gothic-towered St. Francis Xavier’s Church was initiated by a French priest, Father Farve in 1849. This church, dominated the skyline of the old-town of Melaka, is dedicated to St. Francis Xavier (Apostle of the East), the pioneering Catholic missionary of Southeast Asia in the 16th century. For a very long time, it was the largest church built by the MEP (Paris Foreign Missionary) in the Malay Peninsula.
While this Gothic church is dedicated to St. Francis Xavier, the statue of the saint is available at the St. Paul’s Church.
The St. Francis Xavier’s Church of Melaka is featuring authentic French architectural design, and is believed to be based on the model of the Cathedral of St. Peter in Montepellier, Southern France. The church is essentially identical to its original construction, except for the portico which was added in 1963. The interior is little changed except for the floor which was cemented in 1920.
Until today, it is still serving as a functioning Catholic church, holding regular mass services. However, as the church has been around for more than a century, it is leaning a bit towards the right.
GPS Coordinate: N2.19540 E102.25055
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1. AmazingMelaka.com . Disco&hellip | March 3rd, 2006 at 11:47 am
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2. Reggie | June 13th, 2006 at 8:13 pm
Thanks for a great website and useful info. I enjoyed browsing.
Your maps were useful in helping find the exact location for St. Xavier Church using GoogleEarth (which now has detailed views of Melaka.)
Since you are using WordPress, you might wish to GeoTag your posts with the exact location of each entry. At present, maps.google.com has yet to be updated to the new images, but I’m sure they will update soon.
I have adapted the Geo plug-in, making it easy to use GoogleEarth to locate a building, then pasting the placemark kml to give the Latitude and Longitude.
You can see an example on my photography blog - just click on the word Location at the bottom of the post.
If you wish more info, please email.
3. Administrator | June 15th, 2006 at 11:00 am
Reggie:
Thanks a lot for your introduction to the WordPress Geo Plug-In. It’s great. I will surely explore further into this plug-in.
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