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Sri Lanka Transport Board Colombo City Tour Routemaster bus with St.peter's college walk 2012. -- ශ්රී ලංගම නගර සංචාර සේවා බස් රිය බම්බලපිටිය ශාන්ත පීතර විද්යාලයේ 2012 පාගමන සමඟ බම්බලපිටියේදී.
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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.
Source:wikipedia
On the Colombo to Avissawella narrow gauge line, unfortunately to be dismantled a few years later. January 1998
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.
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