Phuket is the old town or it was called the Old Phuket Town. Phuket has a rich history as a tin - mining country of the Siamese. The era of Western imperialism by 1511 (i.e. 2054), Portuguese settlers came to Phuket and the trade area port of Malacca. They have embraced western culture as well as western science and religion. They have built houses and their architectural style. Portuguese employs Chinese people to build houses and establishment for them. Houses and the establishment of Portuguese have mixed between Portuguese art and Chinese art together