Since 1748
One of the peninsula's oldest mosques.
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One of the oldest mosques on the Malay Peninsula, founded by Indian Muslim traders in 1748 as a timber building and rebuilt in brick in 1872, still keeping its original design. It stands on a street Malaccans call Harmony Street, because the mosque shares it with an old Hindu temple and the Chinese Cheng Hoon Teng temple. Its architecture is a rare blend: a tiered roof in Sumatran and Malay style, a minaret that resembles a Chinese pagoda, Ionic columns and symmetrical arches in the prayer hall, English and Portuguese glazed tiles, and an ablution pool built with the main building. It is one of the finest examples of the mingling of cultures in old trading Malacca. Entry is free; non-Muslims visit outside prayer times in modest dress, and Muslims pray here at prayer times. It is the nearest mosque to Jonker Street and its night market. It lies a few steps from Jonker Street, so make it a stop on your old-town walk, and pray here before the weekend night market begins. A few minutes away is the Kampung Hulu Mosque, Malacca's oldest.
One of the peninsula's oldest mosques.
Malay, Chinese and Indian styles blended.
A mosque and two temples on one street.
Jalan Tukang Emas (Harmony Street), Malacca old town
Cheng Hoon Teng TempleThe oldest functioning Chinese temple in Malaysia, founded by the leader of Mala1 minute walk
Baba & Nyonya Heritage MuseumThree adjoining houses behind one ornate facade, turned into a museum of the lif2 minutes walk4.5
Cheng Ho Cultural MuseumA museum about the life of Admiral Zheng He, the Ming dynasty's Muslim naval com3 minutes walk
Jonker Street Night MarketEvery Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening Jonker Street closes to cars and turns3 minutes walk4.4
Kampung Hulu Mosque, Malacca's OldestMalacca's oldest mosque and one of the oldest in all Malaysia, built around 17203 minutes walkBecause Malacca was a meeting point of traders from China, India and the Malay Archipelago, and their styles merged in its buildings. The pagoda-like minaret is a hallmark of Malacca's old mosques, Kampung Hulu among them.