White gateway
An old arched entrance.
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A small walled cemetery at the foot of St Paul's Hill in the heart of historic Malacca, entered through an arched white gateway bearing its name in Malay and English. The cemetery was used in two periods: from 1670 to 1682 under the Dutch, and from 1818 to 1838 under the British. So despite its name most of those buried here are British: it holds the graves of five Dutch officers and thirty-three British officers and their wives, including two officers killed in the Naning War of 1831 to 1832. The graves are white stone in varied forms, some flat, some box-shaped or obelisks, among the grass and the shade of trees. Many of the old Dutch tombstones were moved to the ruined St Paul's Church on the hill above. A visit is short and free, a passing stop on the way up St Paul's Hill or to the Sultanate Palace.
An old arched entrance.
Dutch, yet mostly British.
On the way to St Paul's.
At the foot of St Paul's Hill, a few minutes from Dutch Square
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