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This is what alighting passengers at Colombo Terminus station would have seen of the main station building. Now almost in obscurity, the station building houses a tiny indoor display gallery of the Colombo Railway Museum. The museum was officially closed, and my driver guide had to talk the bored and sleepy attendant to open up the place for me, for a small fee of course.(Sri Lanka, June 2011).
Cnr Church Ln & York St, the Fort.
Familiarly known as the "G.O.H.", this grand old hotel faces the Passenger Jetty and harbour, and was the first port-of-call for passengers recently arrived in Colombo by mail steamer. Established in 1870, the hotel and its building have evolved over the years and the grand entrance hall and corner tower dates from extensive improvements made in 1926. By 1907, it boasted 154 bedrooms, electric lighting, electric fans, lifts to the upper floors, a dining-room for 300, a celebrated tropical palm garden and ballroom. The rooftop restaurant afforded panoramic views over the harbour and parts of the city below. For those passengers merely passing through, the ground floor arcade had shops offering everything from essentials like tobacco, guidebooks and local currency to souvenirs, jewellery and other curios.
The other grand hotels of that era in Colombo which continue to this day are the Galle Face Hotel and Mount Lavinia Hotel. Sadly, the nearby Bristol hotel is no more.
Despite a proud history, the past few decades have not been kind to the Fort which has been on a semi-permanent security lock-down due to Sri Lanka's 30 year civil war. Businesses have departed in droves leaving an empty ghost-town feel to much of the Fort. The GOH has not been immune to these troubles and whilst still operating, it has a neglected and shabby air to it. If the Sri Lankan authorities ever decide to depart the Fort and open it up again, the GOH would be a prime candidate for renovation, perhaps under the ownership of a global hotel chain.
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We arrived in Colombo from Singapore on the way to Galle. I couldn't stop flicking the camera every few seconds as we traveled haphazardly through Sri Lankan streets
The old parliament building - Colombo
The old parliament building is an imposing building that you won't miss if you are travelling past the Galle Face Green in Colombo. Despite the many high-rises dotting the area, this building still manages to hold its own. It was in this historic building that all discussions on reconstructing post-independent Sri Lanka took place.
The building was constructed between 1920 and 1930 to house the Legislative Council as a result of an idea mooted by Sir Henry E. McCallum. The proposal made by a committee to construct the new building for 'the Secretariat, Council Chamber and Government offices on reclaimed land at the northern end of Galle Face' were accepted by the Government in 1920.
The old parliament has been designed according to the 'Ionic Style', one of the five architectural orders, and resembles the temple of the Greek Goddess, Athena on the Acropolis hill at Athens, Greece, about which we have already talked. Chief architect of the Public Works Department, A. Woodson was responsible for the design of the old parliament.
The building was designed with an open outlook in a way that it will benefit from the sea breezes. The Council Chamber, which later came to be known as the Parliament Chamber, was located in its centre, protected from the noise outside and the strong breezes. The initial estimate of Rs 400,000 for the scheme was later revised by the Public Works Advisory Board to Rs 450,000, taking into account the extra expenses involved.
The building, the Legislative Council as it was then known, was opened on January 29, 1930 by Governor Sir Herbert J. Stanley. It was renamed as the State Council a year later, and designed to house the State Council from 1931 to 1947.
The Soulbury Commission was adopted in 1947 and the building was known as the House of Representatives from 1947 to 1972. After the 1972 Constitution, it was renamed as the National State Assembly; this name was used upto 1978. After the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka was introduced in September 1978, it was renamed as the Parliament building. The presentation of the Speaker's Chair and the Mace by the House of Commons of Britain to Sri Lanka took place in these premises in 1949.
The British Coat-of-Arms, which was displayed prominently on the front of the building was replaced with the insignia (official badge) of Ceylon after independence and with the insignia of Sri Lanka in 1972.
It has functioned as the Presidential Secretariat and the Office of the Executive President since 1983. This is where all important official announcements are made and appointments of the State are administered.
The Old Parliament, now houses the Presidential Secretariat and the Finance Ministry.
Parliament Buildings
The Old Parliament Building the near the Galle Face Green, now the Presidential SecretariatUnder the British Colonial regime, when the Executive Council and the Legislative Councils were set up in 1831, they met in a building opposite Gordon Gardens, which is now the Presidential Secretariat. On January 29, 1930 the British Governor of Ceylon, Sir Herbert Stanley (1927-1931), opened a building fronting the ocean at Galle Face, Colombo, designed for meetings of the Legislative Council. It was subsequently used by the State Council (1931-1947). Initially, it seated 49 Legislative Council members.
Structural changes to the parliament building were made in 1947 when membership to the House of Representatives was increased to 101. In 1960, membership was increased to 157, and in 1977 to 168 but no changes were made to accommodation and facilities.
In 1967 under Speaker Sir Albert F. Peris, the leaders of the political parties unanimously resolved that a new Parliament building should be constructed on the opposite side of Beira Lake from the existing Parliament at Galle Face, but no further action was taken. While Stanley Tilakaratne was the Speaker (1970-77), the leaders of the political parties entrusted the drawing up of plans for a new Parliament building to architects, but the project was subsequently abandoned.
Colombo is not one of my favorite cities. In front of our hotel was the Galle Face Green, a place for sunday kite flyers and revellers.
Ananda College Colombo is the Premier Buddhist boys school in Sri Lanka with a current student population of over 5000 from kindergarten to GCE Advanced level.
An educational organisation called the Buddhist Theosophical Society was formed in Sri Lanka under the leadership of Colonel Henry Steele Olcott who was a founder member of the Theosophical Society of New York. The Buddhist Theosophical Society (BTS) opened a number of schools in different parts of the country for the higher education of Buddhist children. In the year 1886 the first of those schools was opened on a modest scale with 37 students in a private house in Colombo. Later this school was named Ananda College after Arahant Ananda, the most devoted disciple of the Buddha. Since then Ananda has had a proud tradition of producing students who have served not only Sri Lanka but other countries in the World with distinction.
A ponte Colombo Salles é uma das três pontes do complexo que liga a Ilha de Santa Catarina ao continente, e a segunda a ser construÃda. Faz a ligação entre as duas partes de Florianópolis, capital do estado de Santa Catarina.
Assim como as demais pontes da cidade, seu nome é uma homenagem a um governador, o engenheiro Colombo Machado Salles, por decisão da Assembléia Legislativa de Santa Catarina.
É uma ponte com estrutura de concreto, mas com desenho igual a de sua sucessora de ferro, a ponte Pedro Ivo Campos. O projeto arquitetônico é de autoria de Pedro Paulo de Melo Saraiva. Foi concluÃda em 1975 e possui 1.227 metros de extensão, contendo quatro pistas no sentido continente.
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El Puente Colombo Salles (en portugués Ponte Colombo Salles) es un puente ubicado en la ciudad brasileña de Florianópolis, capital del Estado de Santa Catarina. Es uno de los tres puentes del complejo que conecta las dos partes de Florianópolis -la Isla de Santa Catarina y la parte continental- y el segundo en ser construido.
Fue inaugurado en 1975 y posee 1.227 metros de extensión. Es un puente con estructura de concreto, pero con un diseño igual al de su sucesor de hierro, el Puente Pedro Ivo Campos. Su nombre homenajea al entonces gobernador, el ingeniero Colombo Machado Salles, por decisión de la Asamblea Legislativa de Santa Catarina.
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Le pont Colombo Salles est un ouvrage d'art situé dans l'État brésilien de Santa Catarina, dans la municipalité de Florianópolis. Il s'agit de l'un des trois ponts reliant l'île de Santa Catarina au continent.
Construit en béton, il mesure 1 227 mètres de longueur et fut achevé en 1975. Il fut baptisé d'après le nom du gouverneur de l'État à l'époque, Colombo Machado Salles.
Two of the relatively rare plain Jane Lanka Ashok Leylands enter the bus terminus in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Already in and waiting for passengers are a light Toyota Coaster (nearest camera) and Mitsubishi Rosa (behind it). Sri Lanka, June 2011.(May/ June 2011)