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Galle Fort

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka · 16. Jahrhundert

Galle Fort in Sri Lanka
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Land
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
Typ
Festung
Bekanntheit
Bedeutend
Jahrhundert
16. Jahrhundert
Gegründet
1584
Koordinaten
6.02747°, 80.21711°
Offene Daten
Wikidata Q2507050

Galle Fort (Sinhala: ගාලු කොටුව Galu Kotuwa; Tamil: காலிக் கோட்டை, romanized: Kālik Kōṭṭai), in the Bay of Galle on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, was built first in 1588 by the Portuguese, then extensively fortified by the Dutch during the 17th century from 1649 onwards. It is a historical, archaeological and architectural heritage monument, which even after more than 437 years maintains a polished appearance, due to extensive reconstruction work done by the Archaeological Department of Sri Lanka.

The fort has a colourful history, and today has a multi-ethnic and multi-religious population. The heritage value of the fort has been recognized by UNESCO and the site has been inscribed as a cultural heritage UNESCO World Heritage Site under criteria iv, for its unique exposition of "an urban ensemble which illustrates the interaction of European architecture and South Asian traditions from the 16th to the 19th centuries."

The Galle Fort, also known as the Dutch Fort or the "Ramparts of Galle", withstood the Boxing Day tsunami of 2004 which damaged part of the coastal Galle town. It has since been restored.

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Galle Fort steht weltweit auf Platz 474 von 2.400 im Burgen-Bekanntheitsranking des Atlas und Nr. 1 der 4 in Sri Lanka verzeichneten. Gegründet 1584, ist es älter als 44% der datierten Objekte des Atlas — eines von 184 Atlas-Objekten, die im 16. Jahrhundert gegründet wurden. Sehen Sie im Burgen-Statistik, wie Sri Lanka abschneidet.

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