Fort Canning Park Singapore

A bumpy park finished with a chronicled museum. Fort Canning Park is an engaging green space amidst the city. Its main highlight is Fort Canning Hill. Sir Stamford Raffles asserted Singapore for Great Britain in 1823. The hill, at that point known as Bukit Larangan (Forbidden Hill). A strategic decision to maintain a distance from local people out of veneration for the place of worship of old Singapura’s last Malay ruler, Sultan Iskandar Shah.

Today the hill includes an environmental museum, The Battlebox. That recounts the tale of what’s thought to be “the most exceedingly awful debacle and biggest capitulation in British military history. Surrender of Singapore to the Japanese on February 15, 1942, denoted the start of the end for the British Empire. Battlebox was a British underground war room amid WWII and its dreadful underground rooms utilize lifesize models to re-institute scenes from the war. Access is by guided visit just; proficient aides talk you through Fort Canning Hill’s 700-year history. Consistently Fort Canning park hosted many shows and other open air events . Few examples of those events are Ballet Under the Stars in July and Films at the Fort in August.

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