Keramat Iskandar Shah

Keramat Iskandar Shah is a monument located on Fort Canning Hill in Singapore. Local tradition attributes it as the burial place of a semi-legendary ruler, Iskandar Shah. The present structure was built in 1990 and is a tourist attraction.

Type: Canopy
Description: Shrine dedicated to Iskandar Shah, the last ruler of Singapore in the 14th century
Also known as: “Keramat Sultan Iskandar Shah”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Marina Bay and National Museum of Singapore.

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.

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 Museum of Singapore is situated 270 metres northeast of Keramat Iskandar Shah.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Civic District and Bras Basah.

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.

Bras Basah

Neighborhood

Photo: Erwin Soo, CC BY 2.0.

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.

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.

Keramat Iskandar Shah

Categories: building, historic site, and wayside shrine
Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude

1.29437° or 1° 17′ 40″ north

Longitude

103.84732° or 103° 50′ 50″ east

Open location code

6PH57RVW+PW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 688030342

OpenStreetMap feature

building=roof

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=wayside_shrine

Wikidata ID

Q107803960

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