Then cameras panned across the ground and zoomed in for a close-up of the historical Galle Clock tower sitting majestically on the ramparts of the Fort. Alas, the clock had come to a standstill. It ...

Galle is marked in Ptolemy’s world map of 125-150 AD and the Arab traveller Ibn Batuta made it a port of call in the mid 14th century. Galle’s Dutch Fort declared an archeological ... Buddhist temple ...

That influence will be in focus this month along the Art Trail, which is being hosted alongside the Galle Literary Festival (January 25 to 28) and turns Galle Fort into a “living canvas”.

Behind me lies the green oval of Galle ... the fort is to traverse its cobbled streets or walk along the ramparts. Dahlias stand stock-still in their flowerbeds at the foot of the clock tower ...