See the Stadthuys, the oldest Dutch building in Southeast Asia

Built around 1650, painted oxide red

Crowds fill a square in front of a deep red colonial building and clock tower, a car passing in front — Dennis S. Hurd · CC0

A red colonial building with a curved Dutch gable and a Malaysian flag over its arcaded entrance — Gryffindor · CC BY-SA 3.0

A long museum hall under dark timber beams, costumed figures on plinths along one wall and display panels along the other — Gryffindor · CC BY-SA 3.0

Painted shophouses line a river bank, one covered in a bright mural, tower blocks rising behind them — Ah Wei (Lung Wei) · CC BY-SA 2.0

Built around 1650 as the Dutch governor's residence and the seat of administration, and the oldest surviving Dutch-built structure in Asia. It holds history and ethnography galleries, but most people photograph it and move on.

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Tourism Melaka — Stadthuys, the Red Square
Lonely Planet — Stadthuys
Travel Three Much — Melaka Red Square: Dutch history, what to see