This is a 1950s photograph showing the ruins of St. Paul's Church in Malacca. The church, (originally named Our Lady of the Hill ) was later renamed St. Paul's Church and turned into a burial ground by the Dutch for St. Francis Xavier. Part of a compiled album, with a label : "PHOTOGRAPHS BY : R.K. TYERS. Staff STRAITS STEAMSHIP CO., LTD. SINGAPORE." Title transcribed from album.
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