Bras Basah (, zh, 百胜, ) is a district located in the

Museum Planning Area The Museum Planning Area is a Planning Areas of Singapore, planning area located in the Central Area, Singapore, Central Area of the Central Region, Singapore, Central Region of Singapore. The area plays a "bridging role" between the Orchard Road ...

of the Central Area of

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

. Bras Basah ( Modern Spelling: Beras Basah) means "wet rice" in Malay – ''beras'' means harvested rice with

husk Husk (or hull) in botany is the outer shell or coating of a seed. In the United States, the term husk often refers to the leafy outer covering of an Ear (botany), ear of maize (corn) as it grows on the plant. Literally, a husk or hull includes t ...

removed, and ''basah'' means wet. The arts and heritage district in Singapore's civic centre, precinct houses several landmarks including

Fairmont Singapore Fairmont Singapore ( Chinese: 费尔蒙特酒店) is the sister hotel located within the Raffles City complex in Singapore. It has a total of 778 rooms and suites housed within two 26-storey towers. History The Westin Plaza opened in Octobe ...

Raffles Hotel 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 mod ...

, the

Singapore Art Museum The Singapore Art Museum (Abbreviation: SAM) is an art museum with multiple venues across Singapore. It is the first fully dedicated contemporary visual arts museum in Singapore with one of the world’s most important public collections by loc ...

, the

Cathedral of the Good Shepherd The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd ( zh, 善牧主教座堂) is the oldest Catholic Church, Catholic church in Singapore, built in 1847. It is located in the Museum Planning Area within the Civic District. Bounded by the parallel Queen Street, ...

and

Singapore Management University Singapore Management University (SMU) is a publicly funded private university in Singapore. Founded in 2000, SMU is the third oldest autonomous university in the country, modelling its education after the Wharton School. The university is trip ...

. School of the Arts, Singapore (SOTA), Singapore's first specialised pre-tertiary art school, is also situated here. It was awarded Best Learning Building at the

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in 2010.

Bras Basah MRT station Bras Basah MRT station () is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore), Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle MRT line, Circle line (CCL) located in the Museum Planning Area, Museum planning area, Singapore. It is underneath Bras B ...

, a Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Circle line (CCL), was awarded the "Best Transport Building" at the

in 2009. Both the station and SOTA were designed by

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, a local firm. LASALLE College of the Arts and Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), which together make up the University of the Arts, are also situated here. There are also numerous religious buildings throughout the area, including the

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Church of Saints Peter & Paul and the

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Maghain Aboth Synagogue across from each other and the

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Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple () is a traditional Chinese temple situated at 178 Waterloo Street in Singapore. The temple is of significance to the Buddhist community among Chinese Singaporeans, and is believed to bring worshippers good luck ...

and the

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Sri Krishnan Temple beside each other.

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