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Raffles Place is the centre of the Financial District of Singapore and is located south of the mouth of the Singapore River. [1] It was first planned and developed in the 1820s as Commercial Square to serve as the hub of the commercial zone of Singapore in Raffles Town Plan .
In 1817, Raffles wrote and published The History of Java, [17] describing the history of the island from ancient times as well as its geography, flora, and fauna. In 1817, Raffles was created a Knight Bachelor by the Prince Regent George IV , whose daughter, Princess Charlotte , was particularly close to him.
Raffles Singapore is a historic luxury hotel at 1 Beach Road, in Singapore. It was established by Armenian hoteliers, the Sarkies Brothers , in 1887. The hotel was named after British statesman Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles , the founder of modern Singapore.
The office towers at Raffles Place on the south bank of the Singapore River serve as a backdrop against Sir Stamford Raffles's statue located at Raffles' Landing Site on the river's opposite bank. Raffles's Landing Site is the location where tradition holds that Sir Stamford Raffles landed in on 28 January 1819.
1920s: 5-storey Shell House was built at the start of this decade at the entrance to Change Alley at the Raffles Place, it was later completed in 1960 as a 14-storey office block and renamed Singapore Rubber House. [1] Change Alley was not famous yet but recognized as a meeting place for European buyers and Asian brokers.
One Raffles Place is a skyscraper in Downtown Core, Singapore. The development comprises two towers and a podium . The 280 m (920 ft) tall Tower One and the 38-storey Tower Two house offices, while the podium contains retail space.
Raffles Hotels & Resorts is a Singaporean chain of luxury hotels which traces its roots to 1887 with the opening of the original Raffles Hotel in Singapore. [2] The company started to develop internationally in the late 1990s.
The area is also home to many governmental institutions, notably the seat of Parliament and the Supreme Court of Singapore. Singapore's modern history began in this area, when Stamford Raffles and representatives of the British East India Company landed along the banks of the Singapore River to set up a free port in Southeast Asia. As the old ...