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The cathedral was consecrated on 7 November 1973 [3] and has subsequently been used for all the Church of Ceylon's major religious ceremonies, including the consecration of all the bishops of Ceylon. The cathedral is based on the traditional style of Sri Lanka architecture, in this case the hexagonal form of a Buddhist temple, using modern ...
List of notable Dutch colonial buildings built by or during the Dutch Governorate of Ceylon in present-day Sri Lanka. The Dutch Ceylon was a Governorate established by the Dutch East India Company and lasted from 1640 until 1796. During this period many Dutch style buildings and structures were built that exist to this day, many other smaller ...
He served as the Chaplain for Dimbula from 1873 to 1876. The first resident chaplain was the Rev. Francis W. C. Rigby who served from 1877 to 1889. [2] He was succeeded by Rev. Edwin Bellerby from 1889 to 1890 and then Rev. C. E. Turner from 1891 to 1897. [3] A cemetery with tombstones of English colonial tea planters is located next to the church.
A full restoration of the building was completed in approximately six months and the building was re-commissioned in June 1998. [ 4 ] Current tenants include the Colombo Stock Exchange , Securities Exchange Commission, Asian Broadcasting Corporation ( Hiru TV and various radio stations including GOLD FM ) and the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka .
Overseas Realty (Ceylon) PLC is the largest listed real estate company in Sri Lanka. The company is the developer and the proprietor of World Trade Center Colombo and Havelock City . The company was incorporated in 1980 and was listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange in 1982.
The Central Telegraph Office is a building in Colombo, Sri Lanka, that housed the Ceylon Telegraph Department, the precursor to Sri Lanka Telecom. [1] It is situated at Colombo fort along Duke Street, across from the headquarters of the Colombo Metropolitan Police; it was built in 1910 or 1911 and is used by Sri Lanka Telecom.
In 1918 the decision was made to enlarge the church however it became apparent that an entirely new church building was required. The first part of the new church was consecrated by Bishop Ernest Copleston on 20 November 1919, with construction of the whole church completed in 1922 [ 3 ] and the church was re-consecrated on St. Michael’s Day ...
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.