Singapore’s Vic­to­ria The­atre and Con­cert Hall was built in 1862 when the city’s sky­line would have looked con­sid­er­ably dif­fer­ent. Today, it’s a Sin­ga­pore land­mark and its hand­some gray and white neo­clas­si­cal façade is a con­trast to the city’s glassy sky­scrap­ers.

The the­ater was orig­i­nal­ly built as a town hall with a the­ater attached. Soon, though, it became too small to serve either pur­pose. Queen Vic­to­ria passed away in 1901 and it was decid­ed that a memo­r­i­al hall would be built next to the town hall in her hon­or in the same Pal­la­di­an style with a clock tow­er at the cen­ter to unite the two build­ings.

What you’ll find today inside is a 614-seat the­ater and a con­cert hall accom­mo­dat­ing 673, as well as rehearsal rooms. The build­ing was fur­ther expand­ed in 1979 when a gallery was added to the Memo­r­i­al Hall, trans­form­ing the venue into a suit­able home for the pres­ti­gious Sin­ga­pore Sym­pho­ny Orches­tra.

Today, the venue hosts clas­si­cal con­certs, movies, the­ater, and dance pro­duc­tions, and is home to major events like the Sin­ga­pore Inter­na­tion­al Piano Fes­ti­val.