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Hey! Welcome back to my blog people.

So here today, we are going to see one of the main attraction in Kuala Lumpur, The Merdeka Square!

So, what is this Merdeka Square?

Dataran Merdeka, a must visit place for those who roams around the KL city.

•    The Merdeka Square (Independence Square or Dataran Merdeka) is situated in the centre of the city. It's close to the Gombak river, the Masjid Jamek, Central Market and China Town. It's the core of KL's history. Here you find buildings like the Sultan Abdul Samad Building, the Royal Selangor Club, and the National History museum. 

• Some of them peppered with Arabic - Moorish flavour. A 100 metre-high flagpole marks the spot where the Malayan Flag was hoisted on August 31, 1957 signifying the independence of the country from British rule.

 The national flag located at the center of the field, Merdeka Square.

  The Selangor Club, located at the side of the field, Merdeka Square.

   We're starting at the Selangor Club. Seen from across the Padang, which was originally a cricket field.

In 1892 it had 140 members including some who were absent from Selangor. Before there was a club everybody met everybody at Maynards (it means a place where you sell liquors), which was the only European shop in Kuala Lumpur during that time, wow you can actually get a good drinks back then, if only you were a noble,hahaha... Now look at this picture... This is the main attraction located just across the street. The building of Sultan Abdul Samad.    The most beautiful building at the Merdeka Square is, without any doubt, the Abdul Samad Building.    The Sultan Abdul Samad building was constructed in 1897 and designed by a British architect, A.C. Norman, who worked for the Public Works Department at that time. He took into consideration some of the features of buildings in several Islamic countries.    The predominantly Arabic - Moorish appearance of the building suitably reflects the cultural background of Malaysia.    The unique Moorish-style building has a 41m clock tower, more like a Malaysian version of the Big Ben in London. Not really the same but yeah you get me right?    The current Dataran Merdeka has a lot of improvement so far,  here's the list that i know a bit about it. There's a new fountain architecture located at the end of the road around Merdeka Square. There's a new law and curfew which is, the public cannot park their vehicles after 9 p.m, the DBKL ( the law officers of KL city ) also chase out the road hooligans like Mat Rempit in order to keep the peaceful environment. There's actually a shopping mall located under the Merdeka Square, quite fascinating isn't it? The building at the beginning of the Dataran Merdeka used to be a high class royal restaurant by a popular local malay chef. The name of the Restaurant is Warisan. But now it is currently moved to another place, and the building remain to be part of the KL museum exhibits. So, before we end this post, here's an image you rarely see,  The panoramic view of The Dataran Merdeka.   And the location of Merdeka Square ( marked in a red line ) : Merdeka Square from the satellite image.  Source : https://www.google.com/maps/@3.1489803,101.699779,819a,35y,270h,39.22t/data=!3m1!1e3 That's all for now. Stay tuned and Thank You!