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Galle Fort is a hub of multi-cultural minds, an assortment of creeds, colours and caste. But the one fact that was stressed by every single person we interviewed without exception was that this ...
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Galle, located on Sri Lanka’s southwest coast, beautifully combines colonial charm with tropical serenity, alongside a heritage that stretches back centuries. Famous for its iconic Galle Fort ...
At Galle Fort you can experience the stylish side of modern-day Sri Lanka. Alamy WHY Sri Lanka looms as the new alternative to Bali, sans the over-development and the undesirables, with the UNESCO ...
The arch on the Fort side of the gate is inscribed with the coat of arms of the Dutch VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie,), showing two lions holding a crest topped by the inevitable cockerel, ...
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.
The Galle Literary Festival is promoting Sri Lanka’s varied arts scene. Its Art Trail includes exhibitions, artist walks and open houses and turns Galle Fort into a “living canvas”. an antique shop ...
Sri Lanka Police and Army yesterday expressed their regret to the lawyers over an incident of dispersing a peaceful protest held at the ramparts of the Galle Fort on June 29, last year.
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 ...
The Galle International stadium's reconstruction will continue after a heritage dispute over a three-storey building that would block a historic 16th century fort, was resolved by Mahinda ...