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Altair is a residential and commercial development under construction in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The building has a 68-floor vertical tower and 63 floor leaning or sloping tower . [ 4 ] At 240.0 m (787 ft), the building will be one of the tallest buildings in Colombo when it is completed.
No. 40/1, York Street, Colombo 01 [9] Central Kovil, rest hall and road: Kotahena: Colombo: 22 November 2002: Jinthupitiya road [10] Christ Church Cemetery: Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia: Ratmalana: 6 June 2008: Four engraved tombs in the Christian cemetery [11] Clifan Burg House: Colombo: Colombo: 21 January 2000: At Sri Lanka Navy Headquarters [12 ...
Colombo Skyline. The following page lists the tallest buildings and structures in Sri Lanka in terms of the highest architectural detail. Apart from the historical timeline of tallest structures, structures which are shorter than 20-floors (for habitable buildings) or 100 m (328 ft) (for non-habitable structures) are excluded.
The archaeological heritage of Sri Lanka can be divided into three ages; Prehistoric (Stone-age), Protohistoric (Iron age), and historical period. The presence of man activities in Sri Lanka probably dates from 75,000 years ago (late Pleistocene period). Prehistoric sites which are presently identified in the country are distributed from the ...
The most recent site, the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, was listed in 2010. The Central Highlands and the Sinharaja Forest Reserve are natural sites, the other six are cultural. In addition, Sri Lanka has four sites on its tentative list. The country served as a member of the World Heritage Committee in the years 1983–1989. [3]
The architecture of Sri Lanka displays a rich variety of architectural forms and styles. Shaivism has had a significant influence on early Sri Lankan architecture, during the reign of King Ravana , then Buddhism has also had a significant influence on Sri Lankan architecture, since it was introduced to the island in the 3rd century BCE .
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One Galle Face is a mixed-use complex of buildings near the Galle Face Green in Colombo, Sri Lanka.It is also Sri Lanka's first internationally and developed and managed mixed use project and was officially opened on 8 November 2019. [4]