Experts' Choice Award St. Francis Xavier Church
What the experts agree on
This striking 1849 neo-Gothic church honors St. Francis Xavier, the Jesuit missionary who brought Catholicism to Southeast Asia. A central Melaka landmark that once stood as the largest MEP church on the peninsula.
“A central landmark, this mid-19th-century neo-Gothic building was once the largest church built by the MEP (Paris Foreign Missionary) in the Malay Peninsula.”
– Lonely Planet
Frommer's "This church was built in 1849 and dedicated to St. Francis Xavier, a Jesuit who brought Catholicism to Melaka and other parts of Southeast Asia." Full review
