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Malaysia | Kellie's Castle

  • 31000 Batu Gajah, Perak, Malesia
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Palazzi, Ville e Castelli
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Inglese

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Kellie's Castle is located in Perak state of Malaysia. It was built in 20th century by Scotsman William Kellie Smith to celebrate the birth of his first son after long wait. Kellie’s Castle is opens daily for visitors nowadays. He had a great fascination towards Indian culture and architecture style, as a result he imported all bricks from India to built his mansion to develop same kind of architecture. He also managed to import large group of Indian workers for building up Kellie’s castle. This brick manson enriches by two tunnels that run under river and one to connect with near by temple. There is an rooftop courtyard within topfloor of Kellie’s castle for celebrating parties. Unfortunately in 1921 William Kellie Smith lost his life because of pneumonia, in between his journey to Portugal for collecting material for the Castle and it remains unfinished. The heart broken wife and childrens went back to Scotland where her native place by handover the castle to a British company.

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