Sang Nila Utama
Sang Nila Utama is a memorial in Singapore. Sang Nila Utama is situated nearby to the memorial Raffles’s Landing Site, as well as near Asian Civilisations Museum.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 320 metres north of Sang Nila Utama.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Boat Quay and Raffles Place.
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.
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.
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.
Sang Nila Utama
- Type: Memorial
- Inscription: “A Palembang prince, Sang Nila Utama was said to have arrived on our white sandy shores in 1299. His vsion of a creature led to the founding of a flourishing port city, and how was how we derived our name--Singapura, the Lion City.”
- Category: historic site
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
1.2874° or 1° 17′ 15″ northLongitude
103.85089° or 103° 51′ 3″ eastOpen location code
6PH57VP2+X9OpenStreetMap ID
node 6354392233OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorial
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In Other Languages
“Sang Nila Utama” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “桑·尼拉·乌他玛”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Raffles’s Landing Site and The Arts House.
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