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What are the two or three-storey buildings with colourful facades and covered five-foot walkways that characterise the UNESCO-listed historic districts of Melaka and George Town?
Answer: Shophouses — Shophouses are a distinctive Southeast Asian architectural type combining commercial space on the ground floor with residential quarters above, many dating from the 18th and 19th centuries.
- A Tenements
- B Colonnades
- C Townhouses
- D Shophouses ✓
Shophouses are a distinctive Southeast Asian architectural type combining commercial space on the ground floor with residential quarters above, many dating from the 18th and 19th centuries.