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Attraction: Colonial Singapore

Fort Canning

Fort Canning Hill is neighboring to the Armenian Church of St. Gregory the Illuminator. Fort Canning Hill was once known as Forbidden Hill, a place where people believed to be roamed by the ghosts of dead kings from the 14th century.

Fort Canning Center

Fort Canning Center has its complex history. It was originally built in 1926 as the Barracks Block until it was converted to a restaurant and sports center in 1971 and had been functioned for 18 years before renovated by the National Parks Board as a performing arts center.

Presently, Fort Canning Center's Black Box Theatrette hosts the Singapore Dance Theatre and TheatreWorks with performances of visiting drama groups.

Old Fort Canning

Old Fort Canning has it that long history concerning the country's safety since 1861. The fort was a place for British military forces to monitor enemy's invasion. They stationed at Pearl Hill but later the seven enormous guns were moved into Fort Canning, they figured out that Pearl Hill was higher and stood as an obstruction to the firing line. It then was leveled in the appropriate height by military engineers.

Those seven guns boomed out 3 times a day. Firstly, at 05.00 to wake the citizens, then at 12.00 for ships to arrive at bay, and finally at 20.00 to clear the streets as it was time for people to get homes. Sad but true, the fort was dismantled in 1907 and replaced by the present reservoir.

Fort Canning Cemetery

Fort Canning Cemetery is also known as Christian, European, or British Cemetery. Fort Canning Cemetery was divided by a wall into the southern part engaged for the Anglican community while the northern part reserved for other Christian denominations. The two Gothic gateways were designed by Captain Charles Faber, an engineer for Straits Settlements.

Some of the gravestones in Fort Canning Cemetery belonged to famous people such as William Scott, an uncle of Sir Walter Scott, a famous novelist, and an extraordinary architect of Singapore, George Coleman.

Keramat Iskandar Shah

Below the Fort Canning Cemetery lies the keramat, a holy tomb of Sultan Iskandar Shah. Although there is no prove that his bones were buried there but the old Malays always stand firm with their beliefs and respects. You can also see an old man selling joss-sticks for burning on the tomb in the sand pots.

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