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Merlion Park [a] is a famous Singapore landmark and a major tourist attraction, located at One Fullerton, Singapore, near the Central Business District (CBD). The Merlion is a mythical creature with a lion's head and the body of a fish that is widely used as a mascot and national personification of Singapore.
Due to the completion of the Esplanade Bridge in 1997, the statue could no longer be viewed clearly from the Marina Bay Waterfront. [3] On 23 April 2002, the Merlion statue and its miniature statue were relocated from its original location to a new pier specially built on the other side of the Esplanade Bridge adjacent to the One Fullerton Hotel, which was completed on 25 April 2002.
The Merlion (/ ˈ m ɜːr ˌ l aɪ ə n /) is the official mascot of Singapore.It is depicted as a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish.Being of prominent symbolic nature to Singapore and Singaporeans in general, it is widely used to represent both the city state and its people in sports teams, advertising, branding, tourism and as a national personification.
In 1971, Lim was selected to sculpt the Merlion statue in the Merlion Park along the Singapore River. [2] [9] Work on the sculpture began in November 1971 and ended in August 1972. It involved all eight of his children. [10] In 1975, Lim was among several local artists whose work was presented in China by S. Rajaratnam. [11]
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The lion of Babylon is a statue at the Ishtar Gate in Babylon [10] The lion has an important association with the figure Gilgamesh, as demonstrated in his epic. [11] The Babylonian goddess Ishtar was represented driving a chariot drawn by seven lions. [4] The Iraqi national football team is nicknamed "Lions of Mesopotamia." [12]
The page says "A smaller Merlion statue was also built by Mr Lim and located at the same site 28m behind its bigger counterpart. The Merlion Cub measures two metres high and weighs three tonnes. The body is made of cement fondue, the skin from porcelain plates and eyes from small red teacups." The statement about red teacup eyes appears to be ...
The laser light beams from the Merlion eyes are strong enough to be seen from 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) away. After this upgrade, visitors had no access to the Merlion Statue tower after 7 pm due to laser radiation blinding and other safety issues. Also, the 1982 Sentosa logo was then taken down and replaced with a different logo, but still bearing ...