Balai
Zahara | 1858
Located in the grounds of the Istana Besar in Johor Bahru,
this building was built in 1858 and once was the royal audience
chamber. It was later used as a religious school in the 80's
but now stands abandoned. With the roof holed and floor boards
rotten it's in a terrible state.
Balai Zaharah had a sister building, the Istana Zahara, this
was amazingly demolished some years ago.
The interior of Balai Zahara has a vine and flower relief
theme on the walls, the front iron work gate also carries
this theme.
For those wishing to explore within, use great caution. The
floor boards are a potential death trap. Being in a public
park with easy access to the interior, I'm suprised nobody
has been seriously injured yet.
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