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Laksala Building (Colombo Fort)

Colombo Laksala Building (Photo credit: Google Street View) Laksala Building (Sinhala: කොළඹ ලක්සල ගොඩනැගිල්ල) is located at No. 60, York Street in Colombo Fort, Sri Lanka. It was formerly known as the Australia Building. The building was const…

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Khan Clock Tower

The Khan Clock Tower (Sinhala: ඛාන් ඔරලෝසු කණුව) is located on Main Street in Pettah in Colombo, Sri Lanka. History The clock tower was built in 1923 by the family of Framjee Bhikhajee Khan, a Parsi family from Bombay, India (Welandawe &am…

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Regal Cinema (Colombo Fort)

Regal Cinema, Colombo (Photo credit: Google Street View) Regal Cinema (Sinhala: කොළඹ රීගල් සිනමාහල) is located at No. 8, S.C.A.G. Mawatha in Colombo Fort, Sri Lanka. It was established in 1930 under the company named "Ceylon Theaters"…

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Tower Hall Theatre

Colombo Hatton National Bank Building (Photo credit: Google Street View) Tower Hall Theatre (Sinhala: ටවර් හෝල් රඟහල) is located at No. 93, Panchikawatta Rd in Maradana in Colombo District, Sri Lanka.  Constructed in 1911 by an entrepreneur nam…

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Walisinghe Harischandra Museum & Cultural Centre

Walisinghe Harischandra Museum & Cultural Centre (Photo credit: Google Street View) The  Walisinghe Harischandra Museum & Cultural Center (Sinhala: වලිසිංහ හරිශ්චන්ද්‍ර කෞතුකාගාරය සහ සංස්කෘතික මධ්‍යස්ථානය) is situated in Negombo in Gam…

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Colombo YMCA Building

Colombo YMCA Building (Photo credit: Google Street View) The YMCA Building  is situated at No. 39, Bristol Street in Colombo Fort, Sri Lanka. Constructed in 1924, the building presently houses the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) one…

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Lake House Building

The Lake House Building  (Sinhala: කොළඹ ලේක් හවුස් ගොඩනැගිල්ල) is situated at No. 35, D.R. Wijewardana Mawatha in Colombo Fort, Sri Lanka. Lake House building is considered the oldest media house in the country (Welandawe & Weerasinghe, 2016). …

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Cenotaph War Memorial (Colombo)

Cenotaph War Memorial is a war monument located in the Colombo Public Library premises adjacent to the Viharamahadevi Park  in Colombo District, Sri Lanka. It has been erected in memory of war heroes from Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) who were killed in…

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Lankem Plantation House (Colombo Fort)

The Lankem Plantation House Building  (Sinhala: කොළඹ ලංකෙම් ප්ලාන්ටේශන් ගොඩනැගිල්ල) is situated at No. 55 1/1, Sir Baron Jayatilaka Mawatha in Colombo Fort, Sri Lanka. Estimated to have been built in 1860, this building is presently the headquarter…

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Colombo Lighthouse

Colombo Lighthouse , previously known as Galle Buck Lighthouse (Sinhala: කොළඹ ප්‍රදීපාගාරය; Tamil: கொழும்பு கலங்கரை விளக்கம்), is one of the lighthouses in Sri Lanka. It is located on Chaithya Road at Galbokka Point south of the Colombo Port, in Co…

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Old Customs Building (Colombo Fort)

Old Customs Building (Photo credit: Google Street View) The Old Customs Building  (Sinhala: කොළඹ පැරණි රේගු ගොඩනැගිල්ල) is located facing the Colombo Port at No. 11, Chaitya Road in Colombo Fort, Sri Lanka. Constructed during the British period …

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Gramarakshaka Headquarters (Colombo Fort)

The old Gramarakshaka Headquarters Building  (Sinhala: කොළඹ ග්‍රාමාරක්ෂක මූලස්ථාන ගොඩනැගිල්ල) is located at No. 11, Sir Baron Jayathilake Mawatha in Colombo Fort, Sri Lanka. Constructed in 1850, this building has been part of the government office…

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Galle Fort | Sri Lanka's Only Non-Buddhist Cultural World Heritage Site

Galle Fort (Sinhala: ගාලු කොටුව; Tamil: காலிக் கோட்டை) is an ancient fort in Galle, Sri Lanka. In 1988, it was inscribed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO based on criterion (iv) of outstanding universal value (ICOMOS, 1988). It is the only colon…

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York Building (Colombo Fort)

York Building, Colombo (Photo credit: Google Street View) The York Building (Sinhala: කොළඹ යෝර්ක් ගොඩනැගිල්ල) is located at No. 101, Chatham Street in Colombo Fort, Sri Lanka. It is a British period (British Ceylon: 1815-1948) building in the P…

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Elphinstone Theatre

Elphinstone Theatre (Sinhala: එල්ෆින්ස්ටන් රඟහල) is located in Maradana in Colombo District, Sri Lanka.  Constructed in 1925, i t is considered the second oldest theatre in the country (Welandawe & Weerasinghe, 2016).  It was the venue for som…

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St. James Church (Mutwal)

St. James Church, Mutwal (Photo credit: Google Street View) St. James the Great Church (Sinhala: මෝදර ශාන්ත ජේම්ස් දේවස්ථානය) is a Roman Catholic church situated in Mutwal (or Modara) in Colombo 15, Sri Lanka. The history of this church runs b…

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