Monday, August 8, 2011

Conserve Malaysia's built heritage (7)

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Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion, Penang
Winner of the UNESCO Conservation Award 2000 and the National Architecture Award for conservation 1995, this once extremely dilapidated mansion was restored in the mid-1990s to the highest standards. It now dazzles visitors with indigo-blue walls, and incorporates 38 rooms, 5 courtyards, 7 staircases and 220 windows.

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