Residents and business owners in Galle Fort say mounting traffic and inefficient garbage collection are eroding the quality of life and undermining the Fort’s status as a living heritage site. “I have ...

Srilanka, April 9 -- A ten-foot section of the road near the Rampart Street wall in the historic Galle Fort has collapsed, creating a sinkhole approximately five feet in diameter. In response to ...

Galle Fort, a Unesco World Heritage site on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, is a beautiful and well preserved gateway to the country’s colonial past and cultural richness.

In 1640, the Portuguese surrendered to the Dutch East India Company. The Dutch built the present fort in the year 1663. They built a fortified wall, using solid granite, and built three bastions, ...