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The Port of Colombo (known as Port of Kolomtota during the early 14th Century Kotte Kingdom) is the largest and busiest port in Sri Lanka as well as in South Asia.
In this picture, you can spot some of the most iconic elements in Colombo city, the list as follows
- Beira Lake
- Colombo Lotus Tower ( the tallest structure in south Asia)
- Floating Market
- Colombo Fort Railway Station
- Central Bus Terminal
- Pettah
The landmark Cargills building in the Colombo Fort area was built in the early 1900s. It was originally the residence of a Dutch military commander and later was taken over by the first British governor of Ceylon, as Sri Lanka was known during colonialism. It’s now a department store you can get almost anything there.
FOREIGN POLICY (ISSN 0015-7228) January/February 2017, issue number 222.
Skyline of Colombo Sri Lanka.
Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo. Colombo is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life and colonial buildings and ruins and a population of 647,100.
Due to its large harbour and its strategic position along the East-West sea trade routes, Colombo was known to ancient traders 2,000 years ago. It was made the capital of the island when Sri Lanka was ceded to the British Empire in 1815, and its status as capital was retained when the nation became independent in 1948. In 1978, when administrative functions were moved to Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Colombo was designated as the commercial capital of Sri Lanka.
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Red Grand Star Model GS-969 Flipclock (1974)
70's White Ball Weltron Model 2001 8track Tape Radio
White Kartell KD28 Lamp, Design by Joe Colombo
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Captured in Colombo - Sri Lanka
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Assignment shot for Cinnamon Hotels from Cinnamon Red. Colombo does have a beautiful and well-lighted up skyline just before Vesak.
(c) Ushan Gunasekera Photography
The Ferrari 250 GTO is a GT car produced by Ferrari from 1962 to 1964 for homologation into the FIA's Group 3 Grand Touring Car category. It was powered by Ferrari's Tipo 168/62 Colombo V12 engine.
The "250" in its name denotes the displacement in cubic centimeters of each of its cylinders; "GTO" stands for Gran Turismo Omologato, Italian for "Grand Touring Homologated."
Just 36 of the 250 GTOs were manufactured between 1962 and 1964. This includes 33 cars with 1962-63 bodywork (Series I) and three with 1964 (Series II) bodywork similar to the Ferrari 250 LM. Four of the older 1962-1963 (Series I) cars were updated in 1964 with Series II bodies.
When new, the 250 GTO cost $18,000 in the United States, with buyers personally approved by Enzo Ferrari and his dealer for North America, Luigi Chinetti. This model has since become highly desired by automobile collectors and sales have repeatedly set price records. The current record for world's most expensive car was set in June 2018 when a 1963 250 GTO (chassis 4153GT) was sold in a private sale for $70 million.
The mechanical aspects of 250 GTO were relatively conservative at the time of its introduction, using engine and chassis components that were proven in earlier competition cars. The chassis of the car was based on that of the 250 GT SWB, with minor differences in frame structure and geometry to reduce weight, stiffen and lower the chassis. The car was built around a hand-welded oval tube frame, incorporating A-arm front suspension, rear live-axle with Watt's linkage, disc brakes, and Borrani wire wheels. The engine was the race-proven Tipo 168/62 Comp. 3.0 L (2,953 cc) V12 as used in the 250 Testa Rossa Le Mans winner. An all-alloy design utilizing a dry sump and six 38DCN Weber carburetors, it produced approximately 300 PS (296 bhp; 221 kW) at 7500 rpm and 294 N⋅m; 217 lbf⋅ft (30 kg⋅m) at 5500 rpm of torque. The gearbox was a new 5-speed unit with Porsche-type synchromesh.
Ferrari 250 GTO #3589GT
This GTO's journey reflects the racing car's curse of being considered worthless once it was no longer competitive in its class. In the immediate years after it was built it had a spectacular history, being driven by such notables as Michael Parkes, Richie Ginther and Innes Ireland, before falling on hard times. 3589 was registered to a high school. It was donated to them by Rosebud Racing in Texas when they quit racing in 1964. It was just an old, worn out racecar. The School kept it until 1970 in the auto shop with students just messing around with it. They then advertised it in Hemmings as a 250GT. By 1970 it was being rented out by the "Motor Cars Masculine" exotic car rental business of North Royalton, Ohio at $34 a day – #3589 couldn't keep a job, however, and from 1972 to 1986 it sat on an open-top trailer in a field. What happened between 1986 and 1988 is unclear, because 250 GTO #3589GT went from being effectively abandoned to being sold to Engelbert Stieger for $4.2 million and was subsequently restored.