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Galle was known as Gimhathitha in ancient times. The term is believed to be derived from the classical Sinhalese term meaning "port near the River Gin". It is believed that the town got its name as Gaalla in the native tongue as a result of the large number of bullock carts that took shelter in the area, following the long slow journeys from remote areas of the island.
Émile Gallé (French pronunciation: [emil ɡale]; 4 May 1846 in Nancy – 23 September 1904 in Nancy) [1] was a French artist and designer who worked in glass, and is considered to be one of the major innovators in the French Art Nouveau movement.
Galle was a very important area during the reign of King Maha Parakramabahu and it very much helped the Dutch, Portuguese and English establish their kingdoms. Galle was called "Gimhathitha." The Sinhalese pronunciation "Gaala" is derived from the word "gala" (stone).
Galle is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Carl Galle, German athlete; Cornelis Galle (disambiguation), multiple people; Émile Gallé, French artist; Johann Gottfried Galle, German astronomer; Philip Galle, Dutch publisher; Pierre Galle, French basketball player
Galle Fort ±1672 Map of Galle Fort ±1740 View down Church Street, 1737. Galle’s earliest historical existence is traced to Ptolemy’s world map of 125–150 CE when it was a busy port, trading with Greece, Arab countries, China and others. Its mention as a "port of call of the Levant" is made in the cosmography of Cosmas Indicopleustes.
The first lighthouse at Galle was built by the British in 1848. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] It was a 24.4 m-high (80 ft) iron lighthouse, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] constructed from cast-iron plates, imported from England, designed by British architect Alexander Gordon and erected by Messrs. Robinson, Engineers of Pimlico .
Galle was born in West Virginia in 1925 to Salvation Army officers. [1] [2] Her family moved throughout the midwest, before settling in Kansas in her senior year where she met her future husband, Kurt who she married in 1943. Galle's family moved to Kansas, where she graduated from Baker University with a degree in English. [2]
Johann Gottfried Galle, 1880 Memorial plaque in Wittenberg. Johann Gottfried Galle (9 June 1812 – 10 July 1910) was a German astronomer from Radis, Germany, at the Berlin Observatory who, on 23 September 1846, with the assistance of student Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, was the first person to view the planet Neptune and know what he was looking at.