Singapore City Sights

  1. Fort Canning Hill

    When Raffles rolled in and claimed Singapore for the mother country, locals steered clear of Fort Canning Hill, then called Bukit Larangan (Forbidden Hill), out of respect for the sacred shrine of Sultan Iskandar Shah, ancient Singapura's last ruler. Raffles built a modest atap residence on the summit in 1822, which acted as Government House until the military built Fort Canning, named after Viscount Canning, first Viceroy of India, in 1860.

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