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Fly over Galle, a beautifully preserved Dutch colonial fort city on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, where red-tiled rooftops, ...
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 ...
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. Built by the ...
With a population of around 100,000, Galle is a major working class centre, 115 kilometres from Colombo, and the capital of Sri Lanka’s southern province. At Galle harbour, workers told us how ...
Out of the seven voyages of Admiral Zheng He visited Sri Lanka in the 14th Century from Yunnan, four visits were to Galle to explore its potential. He mentioned that specifically the Silk Route, which ...
An icon of Sri Lankan hospitality, Galle Face Hotel allows guests to revisit the golden age of travel in the Indian Ocean. Here Thomas Reynolds visits for Breaking Travel News to discover more ...
32 COM 7B.77 Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications (Sri Lanka) (C 451) The World Heritage Committee, 1. Having examined Document WHC-08/32.COM/7B.Add,. 2. Recalling Decision 29 COM 7B.56, adopted ...