Galla Round a board through time

Galle 1983–2011 6 photos of this spot

6 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Galle, spanning 1983–2011. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

Leyn Baan Street inside Galle Fort, Sri Lanka, with its small entrance steps, photographed in 1983. The street preserves its Dutch colonial-era name and layout from the 17th century.

EU: Fort Galle, de Leynbaan Street en stoepjes (1983) 1983 Leyn Baan Street inside Galle Fort, Sri Lanka, with its small entrance steps, photographed in 1983. The street preserves its Dutch colonial-era name and layout from the 17th century.

EU: Fort Galle, gezien vanaf zee, zuidzijde (1983) 1983 Galle Fort seen from the sea along its south side, photographed in 1983. The fortifications were built by the Dutch in the 17th century atop an earlier Portuguese fort on Sri Lanka's southern coast.

EU: Gezicht op stad binnen Fort Galle (1983) 1983 A view of the old town within the walls of Galle Fort, Sri Lanka, taken in 1983. The fort's interior still follows the street grid laid out during Dutch rule.

Galle Dutch Fort cricket ground 2006 Galle's Dutch Fort, built by the Dutch East India Company on Sri Lanka's southern coast, encloses a cricket ground within its ramparts, one of the sport's more distinctive settings. The 2006 photograph shows the pitch inside the fortified old town.

Galle Dutch Fort Cricket Ground and Harbour 2006 Inside the ramparts of Galle's Dutch Fort, on Sri Lanka's southern coast, lies a cricket ground bordered by the old harbour. The 2006 photograph shows both the pitch and the surrounding fortified walls together.

Galla Round a board 2011 A street scene in Galle, Sri Lanka, in 2011. Galle's Dutch-era fort area, one of the best-preserved examples of a fortified colonial city in South Asia, remains the historic heart of the town.