Dalhousie Obelisk
The Dalhousie Obelisk is a memorial obelisk in the Civic District of Singapore, located on the north bank of the Singapore River in the Downtown Core, within the Central Area in Singapore's central business district.Photo: Sengkang, Copyrighted free use.
- Type: Monument
- Description: monument in Empress Place, Singapore
- Inscription: “Erected by the European, Chinese and native inhabitants of Singapore to commemorate the visit in the month of February 1850 of the most noble The Marquis of Dalhousie, K.T. Governor General of British India, on which occasion he emphatically recognized...”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Marina Bay and Asian Civilisations Museum.
Marina Bay
Photo: Erwin Soo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marina Bay is Singapore's newest district, created on reclaimed land just east of Riverside. It includes the areas east of Shenton Way and Esplanade Dr.
Asian Civilisations Museum
Museum
The Asian Civilisations Museum is an institution which forms a part of the four museums in Singapore, the other three being the Peranakan Museum, the National Museum of Singapore and the Singapore Art Museum.
Merlion Park
Park
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Merlion Park is a famous Singapore landmark and a major tourist attraction, located at One Fullerton, Singapore, near the Central Business District. The Merlion is a mythical creature with a lion's head and a fish's tail that is widely used as a mascot and national personification of Singapore. Merlion Park is situated 270 metres southeast of Dalhousie Obelisk.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clifford Pier and Downtown Core.
Clifford Pier
Neighborhood
Clifford Pier was a former pier located beside Collyer Quay at Marina Bay within the Downtown Core of the Central Area, Singapore. The pier, which opened in 1933, ceased operations in 2006.
Downtown Core
Suburb
The Downtown Core is the historic urban centre of Singapore and the country's primary commercial district. It contains the main central business district, with a high concentration of skyscrapers in Raffles Place, Tanjong Pagar and Marina Bay.
Raffles Place
Neighborhood
Raffles Place is the centre of the Financial District of Singapore and is located south of the mouth of the Singapore River. It was first planned and developed in the 1820s as Commercial Square to serve as the hub of the commercial zone of Singapore in Raffles Town Plan.
Dalhousie Obelisk
- Category: historic site
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
1.28745° or 1° 17′ 15″ northLongitude
103.85222° or 103° 51′ 8″ eastElevation
8 metres (26 feet)Open location code
6PH57VP2+XVOpenStreetMap ID
node 393739717OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monument
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In Other Languages
From Hungarian to Spanish—“Dalhousie Obelisk” goes by many names.
- Hungarian: “Dalhousie-obeliszk”
- Spanish: “Obelisco de Dalhousie”
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