Build in 1830 as a fortrees, this hill offers a paranomic view of the state capital.
Bukit Puteri is situated at the mouth of Terengganu River. It covers an area of about 658 hectares and the height is about 200 meters from the sea level. Bukit Puteri was built to defend the Rulers of Terengganu from attacks by the enemies.Still the most popularise believe among the many local that the name Bukit Puteri ,was derived from a fact that a real Puteri Bunian (a fairy princess) had live here long ago until the 1920. Bukit Puteri was once the residence for a Fairy Princess . The Fairy Princess does exist as during the 1880’s strange thing had happen in Kuala Terengganu. Silverware and plate show up in Bukit Puteri when the local populace around Bukit Puteri planed to have any festivity and event like wedding or “Kenduri”. This had shock a lot of people during that time. When I was little, my and the other elder who once live in my Kampung told us about the strange happening which they heard from their father and elder and how the princess had left the Bukit Puteri to another hill in Besut District this you can read at The Legend about Bukit Puteri., this hill was opened by a chieftain from Johor named Tuk Raja Menteri who came to Terengganu to install Sultan Zainal Abidin I as the first Sultan of Terengganu.
During the year 1830, there was a struggle for power among the two royalty of Terengganu that is, Tengku Mansur, the Sultan of Terengganu who was conferred the title of Sultan Mansur Shah II and Tengku Umar, the Yang Di pertuan Besar. Tengku Umar had built a fort at the top of Bukit Puteri for defence. This fort was built of bricks and cemented with honey, lime and egg white. However Bukit Puteri was captured by Sultan Mansur Shah II and Tengku Umar was forced to flee to Besut. Bukit Puteri then came under the control of Sultan Muhammad I who ascended to the throne when Sultan Mansur Shah II passed away. However, Sultan Mahmmud was not able to defend Bukit Puteri when it was attacked by Tengku Umar army. Finally, Tengku Umar recaptured Bukit Puteri again.
A few historical artifacts still exists on Bukit Puteri till this present day. Among them are a big bell, cannon, a flag pole, light house, graves and a defence wall. However, long time ago there were many cannons at Bukit Puteri. The cannons were believed to have originated from Spain, Portugal and the Malay States and were given names such as Seri Jamlor, Seri Buih, Seri Johor and Laila Majnun. The bell that still exists today was built during the reign of Sultan Zainal Abidin III in the year 1908. The bell was made from yellow copper, the circumference and height of the bell were 228 centimeters and the weight was 175 kilograms. The bell was sounded when there were rampage, fire or enemies attacking the state. It was believed that the bell was guarded by a boy from the royal family. The boy job was to sound the bell if any emergency or natural disasters occurred.
A cave known as Gua Puteri can also be found here. It was used as a place to keep the gun powder, stone and iron bullets. The flag pole that is on top of Bukit Puteri was used to raise the royal flag when there were any royal ceremonies held. The weight of the flag pole was around 18 meters high. The lighthouse on the peak of Bukit Puteri functioned as a guide for fishermen and sailors that siles into Kuala Sungai Terengganu
From the top of the hill,you can see the entire city of Kuala Terengganu and see the magnificent view of the South China Sea and its many fishermen and boat bustling the riverfront back and fro with their catch.Visitor can find many public amenities that been built here for the public and the many visitor that came here from day to day whether for taking picture of the the entire view of the town or just a leisure walk or just to rest here while breathing the cool air that emitted from the tree and wild flower.The Pricess hill is among the favourite spot in Terengganu. The Bukit Puteri hill is open to the public from 9am to 5pm everyday with entrance fee of Rm1.00.
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AROUND HENTIAN ISLAND
REDANG ISLAND
LANG TENGAH ISLAND
BIDONG ISLAND
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