EU: The Old Belfry in Pettah, Colombo (1900)
1900 Colombo, Sri Lanka
The old belfry of Pettah, Colombo's historic commercial district, stands in this 1900 photograph. Pettah grew as the city's principal bazaar quarter under British colonial rule in Ceylon.
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