via Straits Times, 18 January 2022: A 140-year-old fort in Singapore’s resort Sentosa island is nominated as a national monument.
Fort Siloso on Sentosa has been put forth to be gazetted a national monument.
Announcing this on Tuesday (Jan 18), the National Heritage Board (NHB) said Fort Siloso is the best-preserved 19th century fort in Singapore, and serves as an important site to mark the nation’s war years.
Now a historical attraction, the fort was constructed in 1878, and was part of a set of strategic coastal fortifications set up as Singapore grew in importance as a trading port in the late 19th century.
Source: Fort Siloso on Sentosa to be gazetted a national monument | The Straits Times
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