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Matara Fort: Clocktower, merlons and bartizan. Matara (Sinhala: මාතර, romanized: Māthara; Tamil: மாத்தறை) is a major city in Sri Lanka, on the southern coast of Southern Province. It is the second largest city in Southern Province. It is 160 km (99 mi) from Colombo.
Matara District is located in the south west of Sri Lanka and has an area of 1,282.5 square kilometres (495.2 sq mi). [2]It is represented in the Sri Lankan Parliament following the 2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election by former Sri Lankan national cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya who stood for the United People's Freedom Alliance.
It was built by the Dutch in 1706 [6] the date however etched above the entrance, 1767, refers to the reconstruction of the church by the Dutch following the Matara Rebellion. [6] The door and window panels are made of heavy wood while the walls now show signs of crumbling as the proper mixture to rebuild them could not be found within Sri Lanka.
Matara: 22 July 2011 [24] The coast view building: Matara Fort: Matara: 24 July 2009: At Fort Cross Road [6] The Governor's Official Residence: Matara Fort: Matara: 24 July 2009: At the Army Camp Premises, Wilfred Gunasekara Mawatha [6] The house in which female Poet Gajaman Nona lived: Veragampita: Matara: 30 December 2011 [25] The special ...
The Star Fort (Sinhala: මාතර තාරකා කොටුව Mathara Tharaka Kotuwa; Tamil: விண்மீன் கோட்டை, romanized: Viṇmīṉ Kōṭṭai) is a fort in Matara, Sri Lanka, located on the eastern bank of the Nilwala River, approximately 350 metres (1,150 ft) from the gate to the Matara fort.
Matara, Sri Lanka, a village on the coast of Southern Province Matara District , Southern Province, Sri Lanka Matara fort , built in 1560 by the Portuguese on a promontory which separates the Niwala Ganga lagoon from the ocean