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  2. Colombo Lighthouse - Wikipedia

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    The Colombo lighthouse at Colombo Harbour. The current 29-metre-high (95 ft) lighthouse was built in 1952 after the Old Colombo Lighthouse was deactivated when its light became obscured by nearby buildings as part of the Colombo Harbor Expansion project. It was opened by Rt Hon D. S. Senanayake, the first prime minister of Ceylon. Built on a ...

  3. List of Archaeological Protected Monuments in Colombo District

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    At Sri Lanka Navy Headquarters [12] Colombo Chartered Bank Building: Colombo: Colombo: 21 January 2000: Janadipathi Street [12] Colombo Dutch Museum: Pettah: Colombo: 18 June 1999 [13] Colombo Methodist Church: Dam Street: Pettah (GND No. 522) Colombo: 17 May 2013 [14] Colombo Port Custom building: Colombo: Colombo: 21 January 2000: At Sri ...

  4. Colombo Port Maritime Museum - Wikipedia

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    The Sri Lanka Ports Authority Maritime Museum (වරාය අධිකාරය මූදුබඩ කෞතුකාගාරය ), commonly known as the Colombo Maritime Museum, is located at 19 Chaithya Road, Colombo, adjacent to the Colombo Port. The museum is operated and maintained by the Sri Lanka Ports Authority.

  5. Galle Face Green - Wikipedia

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    Galle Face Green originally extended over a much larger area than exists today. Records indicate that it was bounded to the north by Beira Lake, the ramparts of Colombo Fort and the city's cemetery (established in 1803), to the west by the Indian Ocean, whilst to the south by the Galle Face Hotel (established in 1864, although the original building on the site was a Dutch villa) and to the ...

  6. Category:Tourist attractions in Colombo - Wikipedia

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    Religious buildings and structures in Colombo (3 C) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Colombo" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total.

  7. Viharamahadevi Park - Wikipedia

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    Viharamahadevi Park is the only large-scale public park in Colombo, and is maintained by the Colombo Municipal Council. Located at its western end is the Cenotaph War Memorial, Colombo and the Colombo Public Library. The Vihara Maha Devi Park Open Air Stadium is a venue for concerts and public events.

  8. List of museums in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    National Museum of Colombo established in 1877.. Below is a list of museums in Sri Lanka. For this context, museums are defined as institutions (including nonprofit organisations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.

  9. Port of Colombo - Wikipedia

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    The 2.4 million TEU capacity Colombo South Container Terminal, the first terminal under new expansion in the Port of Colombo is built by Colombo International Container Terminals Ltd., (CICT), a joint venture company between China Merchants Holdings (International) Co., Ltd. (CMHI) and the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA). It is developing the ...