Raffles’s Landing Site
Raffles's Landing Site is the location where tradition holds that Sir Stamford Raffles landed in on 28 January 1819. The site is located at Boat Quay within the Civic District, in the Downtown Core of the Central Area, Singapore's central business district.Photo: Sengkang, Copyrighted free use.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: Historical site in Singapore
- Also known as: “Raffles‘ Landing Site”
- Inscription: “On this historic site, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles first landed in Singapore on 29th January 1819, and with genius and perception changed the destiny of Singapore from an obscure fishing village to a great seaport and modern metropolis.”
- Wheelchair access: yes
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.
National Gallery Singapore
Museum
Photo: Jacklee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The National Gallery Singapore, often known exonymously as the National Gallery, is a public institution and national museum dedicated to art and culture located in the Civic District of Singapore. National Gallery Singapore is situated 290 metres north of Raffles’s Landing Site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boat Quay and Civic District.
Boat Quay
Neighborhood
Photo: MichaelJanich, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Boat Quay is a historical quay in Singapore which is situated upstream from the mouth of the Singapore River on its southern bank. It spans from the shophouses near UOB Plaza, stretching along one bank of the Singapore River, up until Elgin Bridge.
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.
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.
Raffles’s Landing Site
- Categories: geographic location and historic site
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
1.28772° or 1° 17′ 16″ northLongitude
103.85079° or 103° 51′ 3″ eastOpen location code
6PH57VQ2+38OpenStreetMap ID
node 4601396854OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q7282563
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Russian—“Raffles’s Landing Site” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “莱佛士登陆遗址”
- Chinese: “萊佛士著陸點”
- Korean: “래플스의 상륙지”
- Russian: “Место высадки Раффлза”
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