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The Christ Church is an 18th-century Anglican \u00a0church in the city of \u00a0Malacca, Malaysia \u00a0and\u00a0\u00a0is the oldest functioning Protestant church in Malaysia.<\/p>\n

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The distinctive colour of the old city of Melaka<\/p><\/div>\n

The church is built in\u00a0the Dutch Colonial\u00a0architecture style, which reminds me a lot of the buildings that we see in Cape Town, and is laid out in a simple rectangle . The ceiling rises to \u00a012 meter and is spanned by wooden beams, each carved from a single tree. \u00a0The floors of the church are paved with granite blocks originally used as ballast for merchant ships. \u00a0The church bell is inscribed with the date 1698 suggesting that it was used for another purpose prior to the completion of the church.<\/p>\n

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The oldest functioning Protestant Church in Malaysia<\/p><\/div>\n

Originally painted white, the church and the neighbouring Stadhuys\u00a0building was painted red in 1911 and this distinctive colour scheme has remained the hallmark of Malacca’s Dutch-era buildings since.<\/p>\n

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A declared World Heritage Site<\/p><\/div>\n

Another World Heritage site that can be ticked off by bucket list! \u00a0 \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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