Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Edward's Pillar or Galle Tower is a masonry column, which was used as a trigonometrical altitude station, located on the summit of Rumassala Kanda in Unawatuna [1]The 15.3 m (50 ft) high column is located upon the hill, 80.4 m (264 ft) above sea level. [2]
Unawatuna is a coastal town in Galle district of Sri Lanka.Unawatuna is a major tourist attraction in Sri Lanka and known for its beach and corals. It is a suburb of Galle, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southeast to the city center and approximately 108 kilometres (67 mi) south of Colombo.
Nooit Gedacht, which means "never thought of", was built in 1735 as a country house for the Dutch Commandeur of Point de Galle, Casparus de Jong (Lord of Spanbroek). [1] [2] When he retired from his official position de Jong became a merchant, supplying spices to the Dutch East India Company but following the arrival of the British in 1796 the residence was purchased by Mudaliar Amerasinghe of ...
Galle was known as Gimhathitha in ancient times. The term is believed to be derived from the classical Sinhalese term meaning "port near the River Gin". It is believed that the town got its name as Gaalla in the native tongue as a result of the large number of bullock carts that took shelter in the area, following the long slow journeys from remote areas of the island.
Kataragama (Sinhala: කතරගම, romanized: Kataragama, Tamil: கதிர்காமம், romanized: Katirkāmam) is a pilgrimage town sacred to Buddhist, Hindu and indigenous Vedda people of Sri Lanka.
Pseudophilautus zimmeri is an extinct species of frog in the family Rhacophoridae. [1] [2] [3] It was endemic to Sri Lanka, where it was recorded from the vicinity of Galle.[1] [2] It is only known from the holotype that was used to describe the species in 1927.
Pidurutalagala (Sinhala: පිදුරුතලාගල, pronounced [ˌpidurutaˈlaːɡələ], Straw Plateau Rock), or previously Mount Pedro in English, is the ...
The Peace pagoda temple is situated 4 km far away from the ampara DS Senanayake Rd from the clock tower, which heads towards Inginyagala. [4]The temple consists of a Pagoda, a Mahayana style Vihara geya (Image house) and a small Bodhi tree.