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St Peter’s Church

Reached along the arcade on the north side of the Grand Oriental Hotel, this converted Dutch governor’s banquet hall was first used as a church in 1821. Inside it has an original iron roof framing and myriad plaques attesting to its work with seamen through the years.

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