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Galle Fort ±1672 Map of Galle Fort ±1740 View down Church Street, 1737. Galle’s earliest historical existence is traced to Ptolemy’s world map of 125–150 CE when it was a busy port, trading with Greece, Arab countries, China and others. Its mention as a "port of call of the Levant" is made in the cosmography of Cosmas Indicopleustes.
During the Second Seminole War (1835 – 1842) future President Zachary Taylor – for whom this Key West, Florida fort was named – was a Colonel in the US Army, leading troops in the field. [21] Mala Compra Fortress also known as the Post at Mala Compra - Second Seminole War fortification. [4] Martello towers, Key West, Florida. Fort East ...
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Flying from Fort Lesley J. McNair to Cape Henlopen State Park on Marine One, President Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden visited their Delaware beach home for Juneteenth holiday. On Thursday, President Biden traveled to Camp David and spent a week there until June 27 to prepare for the first presidential debate .
The National Museum of Galle (Galle National Museum) is one of the national museums of Sri Lanka.It is located in the oldest remaining Dutch building in the Galle fort, Galle, a single storey colonnaded Dutch building built in 1656 as the commissariat store for the Dutch garrison at the fort. [1]
Amangalla is a 5-star franchise hotel belonging to the international group of Aman Resorts, located in Galle, Sri Lanka built within Galle Fort, the 17th-century Dutch fort, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Just to its north is the Galle International Stadium and roundabout. The oldest part of the hotel dates to 1684, and the complex ...
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The clock tower was constructed in 1883, paid for through public subscriptions by the people of Galle, in recognition of Dr. P. D. Anthonisz. [1] It was based on a design by John Henry Gues Landon. [2] The clock was the sole gift of a grateful patient, Mudaliyar Samson de Abrew Rajapakse. [2] The plate on the clock tower carries the inscription: