Fort Canning Centre
Fort Canning Centre is a public building in Singapore which is located on Cox Terrace. Fort Canning Centre is situated nearby to the theater building Fort Canning Open Air Green, as well as near the castle Fort Canning Gate.- Type: Public building
- Address: 5 Cox Terrace, Singapore, 179620
- Roof shape: hipped
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Museum of Singapore and Fort Canning Hill.
National Museum of Singapore
Museum
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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 Museum of Singapore is situated 240 metres northeast of Fort Canning Centre.
Fort Canning Hill
Park
Photo: Michael Coghlan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fort Canning Hill, or simply known as Fort Canning, is a prominent hill, about 48 metres high, in the southeast portion of Singapore, within the Central Area that forms Singapore's central business district.
Peranakan Museum
Museum
Photo: Sengkang, Copyrighted free use.
The Peranakan Museum is a museum and gallery in the Museum district of Singapore that specialises in the country's Peranakan culture. It is the sister museum of the Asian Civilisations Museum. Peranakan Museum is situated 280 metres east of Fort Canning Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dhoby Ghaut and Bras Basah.
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
Neighborhood
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.
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.
Fort Canning Centre
- Categories: building, historic site, historic building, and government building
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
1.29521° or 1° 17′ 43″ northLongitude
103.84679° or 103° 50′ 48″ eastInception
1861Levels
2Open location code
6PH57RWW+3POpenStreetMap ID
way 172368090OpenStreetMap feature
building=publicOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=hipped
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In Other Languages
“Fort Canning Centre” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “福康宁中心”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fort Canning Open Air Green and Fort Canning Gate.
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