SL Galle Fort through time

Galle 2011–2020 15 photos of this spot

15 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Galle, spanning 2011–2020. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

The stone ramparts of Galle Fort in Sri Lanka overlook a grassy moat and the town's colonial-era clock tower, with the harbor and its ships visible in the distance. The fort's thick walls, built over Portuguese and later Dutch fortifications, remain a well-preserved example of European military architecture on the island's coast.

Galle fort ^ City in background 2011 The stone ramparts of Galle Fort in Sri Lanka overlook a grassy moat and the town's colonial-era clock tower, with the harbor and its ships visible in the distance. The fort's thick walls, built over Portuguese and later Dutch fortifications, remain a well-preserved example of European military architecture on the island's coast.

Fort, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka 2012 The ramparts of Galle Fort enclose a walled colonial town where Dutch and Portuguese street layouts and buildings still stand along Sri Lanka's southern coastline. The fort later passed to British administration before Sri Lankan independence in 1948.

Galle, Sri Lanka 2012 A 2012 photograph taken in Galle, on Sri Lanka's southwestern coast, home to one of South Asia's best-preserved fortified colonial towns.

Kaluwella, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka 2012 Kaluwella, a neighborhood of Galle on Sri Lanka's southwestern coast, appears in this 2012 photograph. The area sits just outside the walls of the historic Galle Fort, first built by the Portuguese and later expanded by the Dutch.

Kaluwella, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka 2012 Another 2012 view of Kaluwella, a district of the coastal city of Galle in southern Sri Lanka, situated near the ramparts of the old Dutch fort that has stood on the peninsula since the seventeenth century.

Kaluwella, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka 2012 A street in Kaluwella, a neighborhood adjoining the historic fort of Galle on Sri Lanka's southern coast. Galle Fort was first established by the Portuguese in the sixteenth century and later rebuilt and expanded by the Dutch.

Kaluwella, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka 2012 Kaluwella, just outside the walls of Galle Fort, is shown here at street level. The neighborhood grew alongside the fortified old town that the Dutch East India Company held as a key trading post in the seventeenth century.

Kaluwella, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka 2012 A further view of Kaluwella near Galle Fort shows the neighborhood's streets outside the old Dutch fortifications. Galle remained an important harbor town for European traders from the sixteenth century through the colonial era.

Cheena Kotuwa, Galle 80000, Sri Lanka 2012 Cheena Kotuwa is a quarter of Galle on Sri Lanka's southwestern coast, close to the 17th-century Dutch-built Galle Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site overlooking the Indian Ocean. This photograph, taken in 2012, shows a street view in the area.

Galle Fort, Sri Lanka 2015 Galle Fort on Sri Lanka's southern coast, photographed in 2015. The Dutch-era ramparts and colonial streets enclosed within the fort have survived largely intact since the 17th and 18th centuries.

Kapu Ela, Galle 2016 Kapu Ela in Galle, on Sri Lanka's southwestern coast, photographed in 2016. Galle is best known for its fortified old town, built by the Portuguese and later expanded by the Dutch in the 17th century.

Galle 2018 Galle, on Sri Lanka's southwestern coast, is anchored by a fortified old town first built by Portuguese traders and later expanded by Dutch colonists in the 17th century. This 2018 photograph captures a corner of that fortified city.

Galle 2018 This 2018 photograph shows a street scene inside Galle's old fortified quarter, where Dutch colonial townhouses and churches line narrow lanes behind the sea-facing ramparts.

SL Galle Fort 2020 A street within Galle Fort, the Dutch-era fortified old town on Sri Lanka's southern coast, photographed in 2020.

SL Galle Fort 2020 Another view inside Galle Fort, Sri Lanka's UNESCO-listed colonial fortification, photographed in 2020.