What is the significance of fort canning park

In , most of the fort was torn down to make way for a reservoir. The gothic archway of its entrance, designed by Colonel G. Collyer, a fragment of the old wall, and a pair of nine-pound cannons remain as the only lingering testimony of the old fort.

Nonetheless, it remained a significant historical site — during the Battle for Singapore, the British established a bunker to work out battle strategies against the Japanese.

Present-day Fort Canning is currently being used as an outdoor venue for concerts, plays, and festivals. Now a park overlooking Orchard Road in the heart of the Civic and Cultural District of Singapore, Fort Canning offers a variety of receational activities, historical, educational, entertainment and cultural experiences. The park also serves as an important green lung for Singapore's downtown city area. The unique blend of historical relics, lush greenery and expansive lawns has made Fort Canning a hub of cultural and artistic activity.

It has been a venue of choice for staging a myriad of outdoor events and activities like theatre carnivals, art festivals, starlight cinemas and Ballet Under the Stars performances, Shakespeare in the Park, WOMAD, Singapore's largest music festival, has been a regular feature of the park's calendar of events since The Fort Canning Tunnel passes directly under the hill.

Fort Canning Park. History Fort Canning Park Owners. Add to Bookmark - people added this. Photo by National Parks Board. Photo by Joel Chua DY. Child Years. These remnants dated back to the 14th century.

The hill is also home to a keramat or shrine that was named after the last king of Singapura - Sri Sultan Iskandar Shah. He spent three years as king of Singapura before the island was invaded by the Majapahit empire at the turn of the 15th century.

The settlement waned as Malacca became the leading port in the region. It served largely as a recreational site. It was also home to a skating rink and the former army barracks, the Fort Canning Centre of today, housed 25 squash courts, which made it the world's largest squash centre in the s.