Galle Fort fort walls
2008 Galle, Sri Lanka
A section of the fortification walls of Galle Fort is shown in this 2008 photograph. The ramparts, built up by the Dutch after they took the fort from the Portuguese in 1640, still encircle the old town on Sri Lanka's southwestern coast.
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