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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 Main Gate to Galle Fort was built by the British in 1973 to handle heavier traffic into the old city. This part of the wall, mostly heavily fortified with massive ramparts facing the landside was ...
Take a stroll along Church Street, more or less Galle Fort's main thoroughfare, for a sense of Galle Fort's extraordinary 400 years of history spanning British, Dutch and Portuguese colonialism.
Staged as part of Sri Lanka’s Galle Literary Festival, the historic town’s Art Trail offers exhibitions, open houses and artists’ tours to provide an ‘alternative experience’ for visitors.
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 ...
The little-known coastal town of Galle is almost a Sri Lankan secret. It takes about a two-hour drive from Colombo to reach this port city that was built by the Portuguese in the 16th century when ...
An egg roll or a crispy pancake from a street vendor is not to be missed. Where to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in Galle Fort, Sri Lanka: Chef Peter KuRuvita.