Singapore’s Unesco bid: The historical significance behind the Padang and other buildings in the area
SINGAPORE — The Padang and surrounding buildings including the National Gallery and St Andrew's Cathedral are now on
The National Heritage Board said that the field also served as a defensive esplanade and provided a clear field of fire to defend the fledgling British settlement against invasion. When Britain's Queen Victoria died in 1901, it was decided that year a memorial hall would be constructed beside the town hall to commemorate her passing.
During the early stages of World War II, it served as a hospital and later became the location for the trial of Japanese war criminals after their surrender.THE NATIONAL GALLERY The portal added that it then became the municipal headquarters for the Japanese after the fall of Singapore and also the gathering point where the occupiers began marching Allied prisoners-of-war to Changi prison camp.
As for the former Supreme Court, it is the last grand neoclassical building constructed during Singapore’s colonial era, taking reference from the Old Bailey Courthouse in London.St. Andrew's Cathedral is part of the Padang Civic Ensemble, which has been added to Singapore's tentative list for Unesco World Heritage sites on Thursday .Constructed in 1837, the cathedral is Singapore’s oldest surviving Anglican place of worship and is the seat of the Anglican bishop of Singapore.
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