Galle is one of the beautiful areas
which situated in south west part of Sri Lanka with most attractive coast. The
area is considered as low country, wet zone and district divided to 10
electronic divisions. Ancient romans coins were founded in several areas of
Galle and it shows the Galle was the world trade center in 16th to
19th centuries. After the 14th century, Galle attracted
by various foreign countries, such as Portuguese, England, Netherland. So more
than 300 years Galle were controlled by them and it was affected to cultural
and Economic changes of Galle. Most archaeological
places in Galle can be identified as built on King Kirthi Shi Rajasinghe’s time
and some places were built by foreigner who controlled the area. Galle Fortress
This is the main historical place
in Galle which is situated in the middle of the Galle town and it generates
huge arrogance for Galle Town. This fortress was built by Portuguese as a temporary
fortress for protect from Sinhalese attacks. When the 1619, fortress converted
as a permanent and more than 60 soldiers used for protections for fort. Fortresses
were acquired by the Dutch in 1640. After that they modified fort and built lot
of buildings according to Dutch architecture. When the start with the 17th
century fortress were acquired by English. Fortress spreads more than 92 acres.
It has been announced as a World heritage sites in 1974 by UNESCO.
Special places which situated
insides the Fortress
- Dutch museum
This building was built at 1656
CE and it is considered as the oldest building in Galle fort. Currently, this building is used for Galle
National Museum.
- Galle New Oriental Hotel
Most attraction place for
tourists. This hotel is famous for the delicious foods among the foreigners who
visit the Sri Lanka.
- Roman Catholic Church
This was built as according to
the Dutch architecture and shown as a shape of Corus. The church and a campanile
which is situated in church nominated as the national heritage by department of
archaeology, Sri Lanka.
Rumassala Mountains
Mountain is located in near the
Galle town and it’s consists with huge biodiversity. There is have a measurement
pillar on the top of the mountain and it was built by W.Bartan in 1875. Mountain
located in height in 250 feet on sea level.
