Gunasekara House (Galle Fort)

Gunasekara House, Galle Fort
The Gunasekara House (Sinhala: ගාලු කොටුවේ ගුණසේකර නිවස) is an old house located on the wayside of Hospital St. in Galle Fort, Sri Lanka.

History
This house is said to be more than 200 years old (De Silva & Chandrasekara, 2009). It had been used as a guest house before it become a private residence (De Silva & Chandrasekara, 2009). Some renovations have been done to the building in 1948, 1956 and 2002 (De Silva & Chandrasekara, 2009).

Attribution
1) Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications by Giovanni Boccardi is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

References
1) De Silva, N.; Chandrasekara, D.P., 2009. Heritage Buildings of Sri Lanka. Colombo: The National Trust Sri Lanka, ISBN: 978-955-0093-01-4. p.141.

Location Map
This page was last updated on 2 October 2022
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