Fort Canning

The Fort Canning Park on the hill called Bukit Larangan in Singapore with about 18 hectares of land located between the Fort Canning Road (north), Stamford Road ( northeast), the Clemenceau Avenue ( west), River Valley Road (south) and St. Victoria Street (east). It was named after Lord Canning.

The park is home to the Fort Canning Centre, Fort Canning Service Reservoir ( water tank), the oldest Christian cemetery in the city, the ASEAN Sculpture Park ( 1981 ), the Battle Box ( bunker from the Second World War), two Gothic doors and Spice Garden, the first botanical garden of the city from the year 1822.

1823 Stamford Raffles built his house on the hill.