SL Galle Fort through time

Galle 2020 8 photos of this spot

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

Galle Fort, pictured in 2020. Beyond its military role, the fort's bastions and lighthouse have long served as a landmark for ships approaching Galle's natural harbor.

SL Galle Fort 2020 Galle Fort, pictured in 2020. Beyond its military role, the fort's bastions and lighthouse have long served as a landmark for ships approaching Galle's natural harbor.

SL Galle Fort 2020 Galle Fort in southern Sri Lanka, photographed in 2020. Built by the Portuguese in the 16th century and substantially fortified by the Dutch after 1649, the fort's ramparts enclose a still-inhabited colonial-era town.

SL Galle Fort 2020 A view within Galle Fort, pictured in 2020. The fortification was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988 as the best-preserved example of a European fortified town in South Asia.

SL Galle Fort 2020 Galle Fort's streets and colonial buildings, shown in this 2020 photograph. The layout still follows the grid the Dutch East India Company laid out in the 17th and 18th centuries.

SL Galle Fort 2020 This 2020 image captures part of Galle Fort's ramparts, which stretch roughly 3 kilometers around the old town and once mounted cannon to guard the harbor entrance.

SL Galle Fort 2020 Inside the walls of Galle Fort, photographed in 2020. The Dutch built much of the current fort on earlier Portuguese fortifications after capturing Galle in 1640.

SL Galle Fort 2020 A 2020 view of Galle Fort's coastal defenses, part of a fortification system that withstood the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami with comparatively little structural damage.

SL Galle Fort 2020 A 2020 photograph taken within Galle Fort, whose Dutch-era buildings today house shops, guesthouses, and residences behind the original 17th-century walls, alongside older churches, a mosque, and a Buddhist temple that reflect the port's mixed community.