Fort Cornwallis之旅

為了參加即將截止的全校攝影比賽, 我和老克決定在檳城尋找適合攝影的文化遺產.

問題來了.
"誒, 膺啟, 先去韓江一趟, 跟嘉欣的媽媽拿Camera."
"不是校長拿著咩?"
"因為我們太遲了, 校長早就^%$&*%$&*%"
"..."

就這樣, 我們就專程到韓江去走一趟了.

韓江嘛, 還算不錯, 至少還有女生看.
先把女生們放在一邊了, 照相機要緊.
到了韓江的小雜貨店.
看了看, 怎么有個人挺面熟的?
魚.
有條魚, 正往我們的方向游來.

魚:"誒, 你們要去哪里啊?"
克:"去拍照咯, 那個比賽的啦."
魚:"哎呀, 反正你們有去, 順便幫我拍一張啦!"
克:"拍到再給你吧~"

當然, 我們完全沒有打算要幫她拍照.

Xen:"誒, 這水多少錢?"
安娣:"一塊錢. 要嗎?"
Xen:"唔, 就來一杯吧!"

來了.

魚:"Auntie, 這杯水不用算他們錢啦, 反正他們要幫我拍照的!"

..
就這樣, 我們多了一個競爭對手.


先別聊這些了.




回到正題,
這個地方, 就是我們出發的第一站!
FORT CORNWALLIS!


..放錯圖片了. 接下來是真的了~

Fort Cornwallis

Fort Cornwallis is an old star-shaped fort located on the northeastern coast of Penang, Malaysia. It is named after the late 18th century Governor-General of Bengal, India, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis. Fort Cornwallis is the largest standing fort in Malaysia.

Captain Sir Charles Light took possession of the island from the Sultan of Kedah in 1786 and built the original fort with a nibong (Malay: palm trunk) stockade with no permanent structures, covering an area of 417.6 square feet (38.80 m²).

In 1804, Indian convict labour rebuilt the fort with bricks and stones during Colonel R.T. Farquhar’s term as Governor of Penang. Fort Cornwallis was later completed in 1810 during Norman Macalister’s term as Governor of Penang at the cost of $80,000. The fort was intended as a defense against the pirates , Kedah, and the French because of the Napoleonic Wars. A moat 9 meters wide by 2 meters deep once surrounded the fort but it was filled in in the 1920s due to a malaria outbreak in the area.

The Chapel at Fort Cornwallis was built in 1799 on the southwest bastion. It is the earliest roofed structure surviving in Penang from the colonial era. The first recorded marriage here took place that same year when John Timmers married Martina Rozells, the widow of Francis Light.

Even though the fort was originally built for the Royal artillery troops and the military, its function, historically, was more administrative than defensive. For example, the judge of the Supreme Court of Penang, Sir Edmond Stanley, was first housed at Fort Cornwallis when the court opened on 31 May, 1808.

In its entire history, the fort had never engaged in any battle. Apart from being used for the British Royal artillery troops, the fort was once occupied by the Sikh Police of the Straits Settlements during the 1920s. -- 摘自Wikipedia

Seri Rambai Cannon - 小叮當無敵炮臺 外觀

這里面真的是壯觀的不得了. 有時間的人建議你們去捐3塊錢進入里面去看看;
包你不后悔 ;)

Chapel of Fort Cornwallis

這是在城堡里面的教堂. 聽說第一個在這教堂里成婚的是John Timmers 與 Martina Rozells, Francis Light死后的寡婦.
謝于某些無聊沒事做的人, 把里面的空調給弄壞了, 根本就是人間地獄, 不宜久留.

這是在Fort Cornwallis遺留下來最大的大炮, Seri Rambai Cannon.


接下來就是城堡的寫真集.

British Camp Site Model

Cannons Viewed From Outside

這是在城堡外面拍到的, 檳城最古老的教堂.


雖然還有去到其他地方, 但還是先寫到這里吧.
畢竟時間不早了.

在這里預祝朋友們考試順利. ;)

愛上妳的第102天.