The Central Area, informally called the City Area or Town Area or simply Town, is the main commercial and financial city centre of Singapore. Located in the south-eastern part of the Central Region, i
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Marina Bay Sands Singapore HDR travel photo
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Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country in Southeast Asia. Its territory comprises a main island, over 60 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. The countr
Central Area, Singapore
…in 1826. Designated as a national monument in 1996. Armenian Church, which was completed in 1835 and is the oldest surviving Christian church in Singapore. Designated as a national monument in 1973. Sultan Mosque, which was first constructed in 1826. It was rebuilt into its current and larger structure…
Letter from William Farquhar to Sultan Muhammad Kanzul Alam, the 21st Sultan of Brunei, dated 28 November 1819. In the first line, Farquhar mentions that Sultan Hussein Shah and Temenggong Abdul Rahman allowed the British East India Company to establish a factory in Singapore on 6 February 1819.
A lithograph by Vincent Brooks of Singapore City in 1865 from the former Mount Wallich
Battlecruiser HMS Repulse, one of the few capital ships sent by Churchill to Singapore to defend it
British prisoners of war evacuating in 1945 following the Japanese surrender at Kallang Airport. The airport's control tower, located near the city, has been conserved.