Another German Heritage Trail signboard at the Esplanade promenade area, part of an initiative to highlight more than 10 sites in George Town.
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Passing by the Rural House
George Town Street View: Kampung Kolam
Kampung Kolam is actually used to be a small village that was named after a large granite tank that was present back in the old days of the house of Kapitan Keling. Kapitan Keling was the head of the local Tamil Muslim community during that time and the tank had been supplying water to the poor back then.
George Town Street View: An Old Facade
George Town Street View: A Rusty Alleyway Door
Buckingham Street View
Buckingham Street (or Lebuh Buckingham) is one of the early streets in Penang, and is so named after the Buckingham Palace in England.
George Town Street View: Behind the Old Buildings
Back view of several old town houses in George Town’s heritage area.
Ah Quee Street: A Wall of Arts
George Town Street View: Pitt Street Townhouse
Old heritage townhouses along Kapitan Keling Mosque Street (or formerly Pitt Street).
George Town Street View: Union Street
Union Street (or Lebuh Union) a rear road of the old Central Police Station of George Town in Beach Street. The street was reportedly named to commemorate the Act of Union (1800) which created the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in 1801.
