Exploring Icons of George Town Heritage

We choose this monument because it can represent how Georgetown started and we want to remember people that defend this Georgetown from colonialist. this monument have historical and value for this town.

HISTORY

Cenotaph (or also known as Penang War Memorial is a war memorial, constructed in 1948 and located at the The Esplanade, George Town, Penang. It lies by the sea at the intersection of Jalan Tun Syed Sheh Barakbah and Jalan Padang Kota Lama. Built in stone, it is an almost exact replica of the Cenotaph on Whitehall in London, UK.The monument erected to commemorate the brave soldiers who sacrificed themselves in The Battle of Penang during World War I In reality, Penang saw very little action related to World War I, with the possible exception of the sinking of the Russian ship Zemschug by the German cruise ship Emden.

we walking to exploring street in Georgetown . Signboard for street also design in heritage theme. Beside that, shop in Georgetown still maintain and keep their own identities like signbord. We walking and find many signbord and street name . The new store also retains the identity of the heritage in store signage

In the area that we need to do  assingment this area have part that can give interesting experience. This area is known as Art Street that have mural art and replica such as old bicycle, wire that have variuos shapes. I and syarafina could pose with some mural art. Mural art is very creative and make the area into a new long.

After we go to area Padang Kota to exploring heritage. In Padang Kota have many monument or historical place such as Jam Besar, Bandaraya Hall, Terminal for cruish, Fort Cornwallis and canotaph monumen. This place give many information for me and my partner to learn history of Penang . We go back to USM with bus provided by lecturers.