Built by the Portuguese captain Duarte Coelho in 1521 as "Our Lady of the Hill," this roofless chapel sits at the summit of St. Paul's Hill with views over the Strait of Malacca. The Dutch renamed it St. Paul's Church and used it as a burial ground for their noble dead -- several tombstones with Latin and Portuguese inscriptions still line the interior walls.
The church's most famous connection is to St. Francis Xavier, whose body was temporarily interred here in 1553 before being transferred to Goa. A marble statue of the saint stands at the entrance, minus the right hand -- which, according to local legend, was severed by a falling tree shortly after the statue was erected. The climb up the hill is short but steep, and best done in the cooler morning hours.