Tinggalan masjid Tengkera sebenar (remains of the original mosque of Tengkera)

OK. Satu cerita pendek Melaka sebelum kita kembali ke Perak. Mari!
OK. One short story on Melaka before we return to Perak. Come!

Lebih kurang 3km keluar bandaraya Melaka, menghala ke Tanjung Kling iaitu melalui jalan dekat tepian pantai boleh kelihatan menara ini. Saya telah beberapa kali lalu jalan ini tetapi baru sahaja tersedar menara apakah ini...

Some 3km out of the city of Melaka, heading to Tanjung Kling that is through the coastal road one could see this tower. I've been past this road many times but it's only recently that I realised what tower this is...

Selama ini saya tidak mengendahkannya walaupun sedikit pelik melihatnya. Baru kali ini tergerak mengambil gambar lalu mendapati inilah menara masjid Tengkera yang asal. yang katanya dibuka tahun 1728 Masihi!

All this while I never bothered about it although I'm slightly puzzled just looking at it. It's just recently I felt like taking pictures only to realise this is the tower to the original Tengkera mosque said to have been built in 1728.

Masjid asal ini sudah lama musnah (tak ingat kenapa) tetapi masjid gantiannya telah dibuat tidak lama kemudian, 500m ke utara. Untuk huraian lanjut, sila baca Masjid (Mosque of) Tengkera, Melaka . Sekian...

The original mosque have long been destroyed (can't remember why) but a replacement mosque was built not long later, 500km to the north. For more explanation please read Masjid (Mosque of) Tengkera, Melaka . That's all...