Fort, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka through time

Galle 2012 4 photos of this spot

4 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Galle, spanning 2012. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

Street-level scene inside Galle Fort, where Dutch colonial-era buildings still line the old town's grid of streets. The fort's ramparts were built to guard the harbor that once served as a key stop on Indian Ocean trade routes.

Fort, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka 2012 Street-level scene inside Galle Fort, where Dutch colonial-era buildings still line the old town's grid of streets. The fort's ramparts were built to guard the harbor that once served as a key stop on Indian Ocean trade routes.

Fort, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka 2012 This view inside Galle Fort captures the mix of colonial-era buildings and narrow streets typical of the old town. Galle was one of the principal ports used by European traders in Sri Lanka before Colombo's rise to prominence.

Fort, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka 2012 A 2012 view from within the ramparts of Galle Fort, a UNESCO-listed coastal fortification in southern Sri Lanka constructed by Dutch colonial engineers in the 17th century atop earlier Portuguese defenses.

Fort, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka 2012 Dating to 2012, this photograph depicts Galle Fort, a coastal fortress town in southern Sri Lanka whose Dutch and Portuguese-era ramparts still enclose its old town today, sheltering it from the surrounding sea.