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Galle 2011–2023 19 photos of this spot

19 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Galle, spanning 2011–2023. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

The main gate of Galle Fort, Sri Lanka, photographed in 2011. Originally fortified by the Portuguese and rebuilt extensively by the Dutch in the seventeenth century, the fort is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Galle Fort Main Gate 2011 The main gate of Galle Fort, Sri Lanka, photographed in 2011. Originally fortified by the Portuguese and rebuilt extensively by the Dutch in the seventeenth century, the fort is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

All saints Church @ Galle fort 2011 All Saints' Church within Galle Fort, Sri Lanka, in 2011. The Anglican church stands inside the Dutch-built fortifications that enclose Galle's historic old town.

Galle Aligned 2012 This 2012 image frames a street within Galle Fort, the walled coastal town in southern Sri Lanka whose defenses were built up over centuries of European colonial rule.

Fort, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka 2012 A view within the walls of Galle Fort, the fortified old town on Sri Lanka's southern coast. The Dutch reinforced the original Portuguese fortifications in the seventeenth century, and the site is now a UNESCO World Heritage listing.

Dutch Reformed Church, Galle Fort, Sri Lanka 2015 This 2015 photograph shows the Dutch Reformed Church inside Galle Fort, Sri Lanka, built during the Dutch colonial period.

Dutch Reformed Church, Galle Fort, Sri Lanka 2015 The Dutch Reformed Church inside Galle Fort, Sri Lanka, photographed in 2015. Built in the 18th century during Dutch colonial rule, it stands among the fort's well-preserved streets, recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Galle Sri Lanka 2016 Galle, on Sri Lanka's southwestern coast, is home to a fortified old town first built by Portuguese colonizers and later expanded by the Dutch in the 17th century. This 2016 photograph documents the city, whose fort area is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Galle 2018 A 2018 photograph of Galle, the southern Sri Lankan port city whose fortified old town has been continuously inhabited since it was first fortified in the 16th century.

Galle 2018 A view within Galle, a fortified town on Sri Lanka's south coast. The Galle Fort was built by Portuguese colonizers in the 16th century and substantially expanded by the Dutch in the 17th, and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Galle 2018 Galle, Sri Lanka, photographed in 2018. The old town's ramparts, built from coral and granite, enclose a grid of streets lined with Dutch colonial-era buildings.

Galle 2018 Photographed in Galle, on Sri Lanka's southwestern coast. The fort's Dutch Reformed Church and clock tower are among the landmarks that survive from its 17th-century colonial period.

Galle 2018 Galle, on Sri Lanka's south coast, seen in 2018. Within the fort walls, the old town mixes Portuguese, Dutch, and British colonial influences accumulated across nearly four centuries of successive rule.

Galle 2018 A street scene from Galle, Sri Lanka, the coastal city known for its Dutch colonial-era fort, photographed in 2018. Galle's fortified old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Galle- Galle market 2019 The market area of Galle's old town, within the walls of the fort, has long served as a trading center for the surrounding coastal region of southern Sri Lanka.

Galle- Trees in the market 2019 A market scene in Galle, Sri Lanka, photographed in 2019, shows trees shading the stalls of a town whose historic core still bears the imprint of centuries of Portuguese and Dutch colonial trade along this stretch of the southern coast.

SL Galle Fort 2020 Galle Fort in Sri Lanka, a fortified city built by the Portuguese and later expanded by the Dutch, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, photographed in 2020.

SL Galle Fort 2020 Another scene from Galle Fort in Galle, Sri Lanka, the fortified town built under Dutch colonial rule on the island's southern coast. This photograph dates to 2020.

SL Galle Fort 2020 Galle Fort in southern Sri Lanka, photographed in January 2020. Originally fortified by the Portuguese and later expanded by the Dutch in the 17th century, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Església de Tots Sants (Galle) 2023 A church in Galle, Sri Lanka, photographed in 2023. The fortified old town of Galle reflects successive periods of Portuguese, Dutch, and British colonial rule along the island's southern coast.