Galle- Ramparts through time

Galle 2012–2019 9 photos of this spot

9 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Galle, spanning 2012–2019. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

This image, taken in Galle in 2012, shows the Cheena Kotuwa area of the city, close to the ramparts of the Dutch-era Galle Fort on Sri Lanka's south coast, a fortification later listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Cheena Kotuwa, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka 2012 This image, taken in Galle in 2012, shows the Cheena Kotuwa area of the city, close to the ramparts of the Dutch-era Galle Fort on Sri Lanka's south coast, a fortification later listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Maritime Museum, Galle Fort, Sri Lanka 2013 The Maritime Museum within Galle Fort, Sri Lanka, photographed in 2013. Galle Fort was built by the Portuguese in the 16th century and later fortified extensively by the Dutch, and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Maritime Museum, Galle Fort, Sri Lanka 2013 Another 2013 photograph of the Maritime Museum inside Galle Fort, Sri Lanka, housed within the Dutch-era fortifications along the island's southern coast.

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Galle Fort, Sri Lanka 2015 Galle Fort is a fortified coastal town on Sri Lanka's southern shore, first built by the Portuguese in the 16th century and substantially rebuilt by the Dutch after 1649. This 2015 photograph shows part of the fort.

Galle Fort, Sri Lanka 2015 Galle Fort, Sri Lanka, in 2015, showing part of the old town enclosed by ramparts the Dutch expanded from an earlier Portuguese fort during the 17th century. The fort remains one of the largest surviving European-built fortifications in Asia.

Galle 2018 Galle, a coastal city in southern Sri Lanka, home to a fort built by Dutch colonial forces in the 17th century that is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photographed in 2018.

Galle- Ramparts 2019 The ramparts of Galle Fort, constructed largely by the Dutch East India Company in the seventeenth century over earlier Portuguese defenses, encircle the old town and remain one of the best-preserved fortifications of their kind in South Asia.

Galle Fort Ramparts 2019 Sea-facing ramparts of Galle Fort, raised by Dutch engineers in the seventeenth century atop earlier Portuguese fortifications, look out over the Indian Ocean along Sri Lanka's southern coastline.