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The Merlion is the official mascot of Singapore. It is depicted as a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish. Being of prominent symbolic nature to Singapore and Singaporeans
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The Merlion at its original location in 1976
The Merlion at its original location on the mouth of the Singapore River in 1994
View of Marina Bay Sands hotel from the Merlion
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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
Merlion
…The Merlion ( ) is the official mascot of Singapore. It is depicted as a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish. Being of prominent symbolic nature to Singapore and Singaporeans…
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.