Museum in Georgetown, Penang island, Malaysia
The mansion built by the merchant Cheong Fatt Tze at the end of 19th century has 38 rooms, 5 granite-paved courtyards, 7 staircases & 220 vernacular timber louvre windows. Other features of the house include Gothic louvered windows, Chinese cut and paste porcelain work, Stoke-on-Trent floor tiles, Glasgow cast iron pillars and Art Nouveau stained glass. The mansion was originally built with careful attention to the principles of Feng Shui. For example, it faces the sea and has Penang Hill behind it; the domestic block is built in front of it to prevent any road being built to create a T-Juncion in front of it; it has water running through it and is built with a step in the middle to create a slope. A scene of the French film "Indochine" starring Catherine Deneuve was filmed in this building.
Size: 5201px × 3400px
Location: Georgetown, Penang island, Malaysia
Photo credit: © Lukas Miglinas / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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