Cape Rachado Lighthouse (Rumah Api Tanjung Tuan)
It is believed to be the oldest lighthouse in Malaysia. Named by the Portuguese, meaning Broken Cape, the lighthouse in an exclave of the state of Melaka, adjecent to the town of Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan.
The lighthouse was first built by the Portuguese in 15th century and later rebuilt by the Dutch. The present lighthouse was constructed in 1863, during Malacca's status as a British-ruled Straits Settlement, and remain active.
Sent by myself during my three-day visit in Negeri Sembilan.
The Cape Rachado Lighthouse (Malay: Rumah Api Tanjung Tuan) is a lighthouse located at Cape Rachado (Malay: Tanjung Tuan), in Alor Gajah District, Malacca, Malaysia. The lighthouse is believed to be the oldest in the country, its history allegedly dating back to Portuguese rule of Malacca during the 16th century, although the present structure is a 19th-century construction.
The early history of the lighthouse remains largely unverified, with unofficial accounts by locals tracing the lighthouse's history back to a period following the conquest of Malacca by Portugal in 1511. The Portuguese government in Malacca vested interest in the construction of a lighthouse to guide its ships through the narrow Straits of Malacca, completing the first iteration of the structure on Cape Rachado (a name given by the Portuguese, meaning "Broken Cape") in the 16th century. Possession of the lighthouse was handed over to the Dutch VOC, alongside Malacca in entirety in 1641, and a second version of the building was claimed to have been built in 1817, during temporary rule by the British under William Farquhar, seven years before Malacca's total changeover to the British in 1824.
The present lighthouse was constructed in 1863, during Malacca's status as a British-ruled Straits Settlement, and remains active as of 2008. In 1990, a concrete tower was built by to the original lighthouse to house a MEASAT radar (read more).
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