EU: Colombo (Sri Lanka). Beach and promenade view from Galle Face Hotel (1913)
1913 Colombo, Sri Lanka
The beach and promenade of Colombo as seen from the Galle Face Hotel, a seafront hotel that opened in 1864 and became one of the city's best-known landmarks, photographed in 1913 during the period of British colonial rule.
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