Merlion Park

The Merlion is one of Singapore's most well known icons.

Merlion guarding the mouth of the Singapore river

The statue with the head of a lion and body of a fish was specially designed for the Singapore Tourism Board in 1964.

The original Merlion sculpture was created by Singapore sculptor Lim Nang Seng in 1972.

Constructed of cement fondue around a steel frame, the 8.6 metres high Merlion weighing 70 tonnes stood at the Merlion Park located at the mouth of the Singapore.

A smaller Merlion Cub measuring two metres high was also built of cement fondue and located just 28 metres behind the original Merlion. Weighing three tonnes, its skin was made from porcelain plates and eyes from small red teacups.

In 2002, the Merlion and the Cub moved to their present home, the newly built Merlion Park which is adjacent to One Fullerton.

Address
Near Esplanade Bridge, adjacent to One Fullerton

Opening Hours
Daily

Admission
Free

Getting There
By MRT: Raffles Place (NS26/EW14). Walk towards One Fullerton.

Related books
Singapore Merlion

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Comments

Too bad, the view's marred by the construction at the IR site.. but its still a nice place to get some sea breeze and have a look at the esplande and the see view..

#0 - yee - 10/27/2008 - 09:16


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