Taiping Market

Taiping Market (4 February, 2006)


Taiping Market (GPS: 4.85145, 100.73999) is a century-old market in Taiping, Perak. It is an outstanding example of a 19th century market structure. It comprises the Old Market and the New Market. The Old Market was built in 1884 and the New Market a year later. They are each 220 feet long and 60 feet wide. Together they form what is possibly the largest historic timber structure that is not of religious nature in Malaysia.

Interior of the Taiping Market (4 February, 2006)


The inside of the Taiping Market (17 May, 2008)

Taiping Market is on the Map of Taiping, Perak

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