Bras Basah
Bras Basah is a district located in the Museum Planning Area of the Central Area of Singapore. Bras Basah means "wet rice" in Malay – beras means harvested rice with husk removed, and basah means wet.Places of Interest
Highlights include Cathedral of the Good Shepherd and National Museum of Singapore.
Cathedral of the Good Shepherd
Church
The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd is the oldest Catholic church in Singapore, built in 1847. It is located in the Museum Planning Area within the Civic District.
National Museum of Singapore
Museum
Photo: Sengkang, Copyrighted free use.
The National Museum of Singapore is a public museum dedicated to Singaporean art, culture and history. Located within the country's Civic District at the Downtown Core area, it is the oldest museum in the country, with its history dating back to when it was first established in 1849, starting out as a section of a library at the Singapore Institution as the Raffles Library and Museum.
National Library
Library
Photo: Nlannuzel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The National Library is the flagship national library of Singapore. A subsidiary of the National Library Board, it consists of twin 16-storey blocks, linked by bridges on the upper floors, with three underground basements located on an 11,304-square-metre prime location in Victoria Street within the Downtown Core.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Civic District and Bugis.
Civic District
Suburb
Photo: William Cho, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Civic District is a district located near the Singapore River in the Central Area of Singapore. It contains historical buildings and museums such as The Arts House, National Gallery Singapore, National Museum of Singapore, and Asian Civilisations Museum.
Bugis
Photo: dionhinchcliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bugis and Kampong Glam are districts of Singapore, just to the east of the central business district.
Dhoby Ghaut
Neighborhood
Dhoby Ghaut is a place in Singapore that often refers to the MRT station of the same name, which is a major interchange station on Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit network connecting the North-South Line, North East Line, and the Circle Line.
Bras Basah
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: District of the Museum Planning Area of the Central Area of Singapore
- Categories: district and locality
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
1.29642° or 1° 17′ 47″ northLongitude
103.85167° or 103° 51′ 6″ eastOpen location code
6PH57VW2+HMOpenStreetMap ID
node 2511048119OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodWikidata ID
Q25247920
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Thai—“Bras Basah” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “百胜”
- Malay: “Bras Basah”
- Malay: “برس باسه”
- Thai: “บราสบาซาห์”
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