Matara Star Fort

The Star Fort (Sinhala: මාතර තාරකා කොටුව Mathara Tharaka Kotuwa; Tamil: விண்மீன் கோட்டை, romanized: Viṇmīṉ Kōṭṭai) is a fort in Matara, Sri Lanka, located on the eastern bank of the Nilwala River, approximately 350 metres (1,150 ft) from the gate to the Matara fort. It was constructed by the Dutch in 1765, and was originally called Redoute Van Eck.

Text adapted from “Star Fort, Matara” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Matara Star Fort ranks #3,422 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #9 of the 13 mapped in Sri Lanka. Founded 1763, it is older than 18% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 329 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. See how Sri Lanka compares in the castle statistics.

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