Memorial · Singapore

Raffles' Landing Site

Photograph at the Raffles' Landing Site Memorial

Raffles's Landing Site is the location where tradition holds that Sir Stamford Raffles landed in on 28 January 1819. The site is located at Boat Quay within the Civic District, in the Downtown Core of the Central Area, Singapore's central business district.

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