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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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On the Colombo to Avissawella narrow gauge line, unfortunately to be dismantled a few years later. January 1998
HDR. Being delayed sometimes has it's advantages! Early morning Colombo sunrise lights up this SriLankan Airbus A340.
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
Colombo bénéficie depuis environ deux millénaires de sa position stratégique sur les voies commerciales maritimes, entre l'Europe et Moyen-Orient d'une part, et l'Asie de l'autre, ainsi que de son port naturel. Elle a été la capitale administrative et politique de l'île pendant la domination britannique, de 1815 à 1948, puis pendant les trente premières années du Sri Lanka indépendant.
Independence Memorial Hall (also Independence Commemoration Hall) is a national monument in Sri Lanka built for commemoration of the independence of Sri Lanka from the British rule with the restoration of full governing responsibility to a Ceylonese-elected legislature on February 4, 1948.
It is located at the Independence Square (formerly Torrington Square) in the Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo.
The monument was built at the location where the formal ceremony marking the start of self-rule, with the opening of the first parliament by the HRH Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester occurred at a special podium February 4, 1948.