{
  "sight": {
    "id": "Q6783333",
    "slug": "masjid-bencoolen",
    "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/masjid-bencoolen",
    "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6783333",
    "name": "Masjid Bencoolen",
    "name_source": "Wikidata",
    "name_ko": "벤쿨렌 모스크",
    "name_ja": null,
    "name_zh_hans": null,
    "name_zh_hant": null,
    "category": "mosque",
    "heritage": null,
    "planning_area": "Rochor",
    "address": null,
    "lat": 1.2994307,
    "lng": 103.8497902,
    "position_source": "Wikidata",
    "official_url": null,
    "nearest_station": {
      "slug": "bencoolen",
      "name": "Bencoolen Station",
      "name_ja": "ベンクーレン",
      "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/station/bencoolen",
      "straight_line_m": 92
    },
    "description_en": "Indian Muslim immigrants from Bengkulu put up the original mosque on Bencoolen Street in the 1820s. The present congregational mosque, a 2004 reconstruction, is integrated into the Somerset Bencoolen hotel.",
    "description_ko": "1820년대에 벵쿨루에서 온 인도계 무슬림 이민자들이 벤쿨렌 스트리트에 처음 모스크를 세웠어요. 지금의 회중 모스크는 2004년에 재건축된 것으로, 서머셋 벤쿨렌 호텔과 하나로 통합되어 있어요.",
    "description_ja": "1820年代、ブンクルから来たインド系ムスリム移民がベンクーレン・ストリートに最初のモスクを建てました。現在の集会モスクは2004年に再建されたもので、ホテル「サマセット・ベンクーレン」と一体化しています。",
    "description_zh_hans": "1820年代，来自明古鲁的印度裔穆斯林移民在明古连街建起了最初的清真寺。现在的聚礼清真寺于2004年重建，与Somerset Bencoolen酒店融为一体。",
    "description_zh_hant": "1820年代，來自明古魯的印度裔穆斯林移民在明古連街建起了最初的清真寺。現在的聚禮清真寺於2004年重建，與Somerset Bencoolen酒店融為一體。",
    "sources": [
      "Wikidata (CC0)"
    ],
    "photo": {
      "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/img/sights/masjid-bencoolen.webp",
      "thumb": "https://dealsingapore.com/img/sights/masjid-bencoolen-sm.webp",
      "credit": {
        "licence": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
        "licenceUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0",
        "artist": "Robert Sim",
        "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Masjid_Bencoolen_20240217_RSKY.jpg",
        "width": 4192,
        "height": 2358,
        "photo": true
      }
    },
    "nearest_exit": {
      "station": "bencoolen",
      "exit": "A",
      "straight_line_m": 120
    },
    "areas": [],
    "nearby_sights": [
      {
        "id": "Q2577683",
        "slug": "maghain-aboth-synagogue",
        "name": "Maghain Aboth Synagogue",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/maghain-aboth-synagogue",
        "category": "synagogue",
        "straight_line_m": 157
      },
      {
        "id": "Q5052142",
        "slug": "former-cathay-building",
        "name": "Former Cathay Building",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/former-cathay-building",
        "category": "historic-site",
        "straight_line_m": 216
      },
      {
        "id": "Q1105780",
        "slug": "church-of-saints-peter-and-paul",
        "name": "Church of Saints Peter and Paul",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/church-of-saints-peter-and-paul",
        "category": "church",
        "straight_line_m": 238
      },
      {
        "id": "Q7075069",
        "slug": "objectifs",
        "name": "Objectifs",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/objectifs",
        "category": "museum",
        "straight_line_m": 239
      },
      {
        "id": "nhb-87f3b2c8",
        "slug": "japanese-propaganda-department",
        "name": "Japanese Propaganda Department",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/japanese-propaganda-department",
        "category": "historic-site",
        "straight_line_m": 250
      },
      {
        "id": "Q14874450",
        "slug": "kempeitai-east-district-branch",
        "name": "Kempeitai East District Branch",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/kempeitai-east-district-branch",
        "category": "historic-site",
        "straight_line_m": 261
      }
    ]
  },
  "source": {
    "nhb": "Monuments (GEOJSON) d_b29c230ec6b609e29ed42f71ca9a8767 and Historic Sites (GEOJSON) d_31e16b12809e66673e90d8b04fdee1b2, National Heritage Board, data.gov.sg, accessed 30 September 2026, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0: names, points, addresses, descriptions.",
    "wikidata": "Wikidata (CC0), read 1 October 2026: names in en, ja, ko, zh, type, official website, image file names (each Commons file carries its own licence).",
    "selection": "English Wikivoyage Singapore guides, revisions of 1 October 2026: which places are listed under See and Do (selection only; no text used).",
    "planning_areas": "Master Plan 2025 Planning Area Boundary (No Sea) d_2cc750190544007400b2cfd5d7f53209, Urban Redevelopment Authority, data.gov.sg, accessed 1 October 2026, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0: the planning area each sight is in.",
    "note": "English names are the National Heritage Board's for the places it lists (name_source: NHB), otherwise Wikidata labels. Korean, Japanese and Chinese names are Wikidata labels or Wikipedia article titles where present. NHB fields keep the Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0; no terms are added to them."
  },
  "not_published": {
    "opening_hours": "No source we use carries them. The official_url is where they are.",
    "walking_time": "Every distance here is a straight line, not a walking route."
  },
  "_meta": {
    "api_version": "1",
    "site": "https://dealsingapore.com",
    "generated_at": "2026-10-01",
    "license": "NHB fields: Monuments and Historic Sites, National Heritage Board via data.gov.sg, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, modified (merged, matched to Wikidata). Names and categories: Wikidata (CC0) or NHB. Planning areas: URA Master Plan 2025, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0. Attribute dealsingapore.com and the National Heritage Board. See /llms.txt and /terms.",
    "docs": "https://dealsingapore.com/llms.txt"
  }
}