Colombo
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History
Main category: History of Colombo
- 1698
- 1700
- c. 1775, after original engraving by Johannes Kip of c. 1680
- Fort, 1888
- c. 1914
- 1914
Maps
Main category: Maps of Colombo
- Map of administrative districts.
- city center
- greater Colombo
- major bus routes as of 2011
Buildings
- Aerial sunset view
- Old Parliament Building, Bank of Ceylon building and WTC twin towers in the Colombo financial district of Fort
- Colombo Municipal Council and the office of the Mayor of Colombo
- Royal College Colombo, the oldest public school in the city.
- Buddha statues at Seema Malaka
- Independence Memorial Hall
- Murugan Hindu temple in Slave Island
- The Neoclassical styled Colombo National Museum
- Skyline over Galle Face Green (middle), with Shangri-La Hotel and One Galle Face (left), and Indian Ocean (right)
- Grand Oriental Hotel
- Nelum Pokuna Performing Arts Theatre
- port facilities
- Fort railway station
- Bandaranaike International AirportMain category: Bandaranaike International Airport
Misc.
- Beira lake
- Colombo's colonial heritage is visible throughout the city, as in the historical Wolvendaal church, established by the Dutch in 1749
- The Nelum Pokuna Theatre at night
- British era Legislative Council Building, Colombo fort. Today it houses the [Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- A Test match between Sri Lanka and England at the SSC Cricket Ground, Colombo, March 2001
- Beira Lake and southern side of the Gangaramaya Temple
- The Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque is one of the oldest Mosques in Colombo
- Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Colombo
- The statue of Sir Charles Henry de Soysa at De Soysa-Liptons Circus, is the first of a native, in Colombo.
- The Viharamahadevi Park, (formerly Victoria Park) is the oldest and largest park in the city
- Built in 1857, the old lighthouse also known as the Colombo Fort Clock Tower is the oldest clock-tower
- The BMICH Conference Hall
- A clear view of the ocean off Colombo over a green field of grass
- Seethawaka Botanical Garden