Galle- Coconut shop through time

Galle 2018–2019 7 photos of this spot

7 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Galle, spanning 2018–2019. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

A view of Galle Fort on Sri Lanka's southern coast. First fortified by the Portuguese in the 16th century, it was later expanded by the Dutch into the ramparts that survive today.

Galle 2018 A view of Galle Fort on Sri Lanka's southern coast. First fortified by the Portuguese in the 16th century, it was later expanded by the Dutch into the ramparts that survive today.

Galle 2018 Galle, on Sri Lanka's southwestern coast, preserves a fortified old town built by the Portuguese and later expanded by the Dutch in the seventeenth century, recognized today as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Photographed in 2018.

Galle 2018 Another 2018 view within Galle Fort, the UNESCO-listed walled town on Sri Lanka's south coast whose streets still follow the Dutch colonial layout laid out in the 1600s.

Galle 2018 Taken in 2018, this image looks over part of Galle, whose fort withstood the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami largely thanks to its centuries-old stone ramparts.

Galle 2018 A scene from Galle's historic fort area. The town has been a major Indian Ocean trading port since ancient times, later fortified successively by the Portuguese, Dutch, and British.

People on the Dutch Fort 2019 Visitors walk along the Dutch-built ramparts of Galle Fort, a fortification raised in the seventeenth century over earlier Portuguese defenses and still the town's defining landmark.

Galle- Coconut shop 2019 This 2019 photograph shows a coconut vendor's stall in Galle, reflecting the everyday street commerce of Sri Lanka's southwestern coastal city, where coconut products remain a staple of local food and trade.