Alpha Utara Gallery
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- City: Georgetown
The Alpha Utara Gallery, housed in a renovated traditional townhouse is an exhibition space that displays works of many acclaimed local contemporary and modern artists, based around the works of Khoo ...
Batik Painting Museum
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- City: Georgetown
The Museum displays over 70 batik paintings from a private collection, including the earliest works by the 'Father of Batik Painting' Chuah Thean Teng from the ...
Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion
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- City: Georgetown
Built in the 1890s, and restored in the 1990s (earning it an UNESCO award in 2000), this indigo-blue Chinese Courtyard House in George Town was the main residen...
Chew Thean Yeang
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- City: Georgetown
Chew Thean Yeang aka CTY Aquarium is the largest live fish shop in South East Asia, but the workers are mostly rude and impatient. It promises convenience to aquarium hobbyists and pet lovers of the l...
Church of the Assumption
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- City: Georgetown
The 160-year old cathedral is a World Heritage Church and was founded in 1786, when Captain Francis Light first came to Penang. It was the first Roman Catholic ...
Clan Jetties
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- City: Georgetown
Numerous and located along the shorelines of George Town. They are worth walking to and looking at, as they provide an insight to the way locals live in traditional huts built on the sea on stilts. Th...
Dhammikarama Burmese Buddhist Temple
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- City: Georgetown
Dhammikarama Burmese Buddhist Temple located opposite of Wat Chaiyamangalaram, Burma Lane, was founded in 1803. A pair of white elephants (sacred beasts in Budd...
Fort Cornwallis
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- City: Georgetown
The fort, named for Charles Cornwallis is built on the site where Captain Francis Light, founder of Penang, first landed on August 11, 1786. It was first built in 1793. But this site was an unlikely s...
Kapitan Keling Mosque
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- City: Georgetown
Built in the early 19th century is named after an Indian Muslim merchant, Caudeer Mohudeen, who was also the Kapitan Keling (headman). It is the most prominent ...
Komtar
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- City: Georgetown
It is the tallest building in Penang, which provides a spectacular panoramic view of the island's northeastern region. A classic tourist trap, complete with a mediocre Halal restaurant and a souvenir ...
Kuan Yin Teng
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- City: Georgetown
This is one of the oldest Chinese temples in Penang. Built in 1801 by early immigrant settlers from China, the building is decorated with intricately crafted dragons and a pair of stone sculptured lio...
Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi
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- City: Georgetown
Built in 1850 by the forefathers of Khoo family who emigrated from South China, as a clan-house for members of the Khoo family. In 1836, construction of a new t...
