The Galle Dutch Fort.

The city of Galle plays an important role in Sri Lankan history,specially when considering about the international relationships during the historical times .Many foreign vendors such as Arabs,Chinese and Greeks visited this place for trading.And this city was also marked in "Ptolemys" world map done on 125-150 AD

Nowa days Galle city is famous all ovwer the world due to Galle Dutch Fort statued facing the Indian Ocean.This is one of the UNESCO heritage site.

Although the Galle Fort is famous as a Dutch fort is famous as a Dutch fort,the construction of the fort was started by Portuguese.Actually Galle fort was considered as a place where Portuguese first arrived to SriLanka in 1505.The famous Portuguese invader "Lorenzo De Almeida" was able to make a close connection with the SriLankan King Dharmaparakramabahu and got his blessings to bild a camp which was done to ensure the safety of SriLanka .But ultimately this place became a prison for the local sinhalese community who were against the cruel Portuguese rulers..

Later years Portuguese moved their administrative center to Colombo..According to the historical records they were forced to return nback to Galle due to the attacks done to the Colombo Fort by King Seethawake Rajasinghe,one of the greatest kings in the SriLankan history.

In 1640 SriLankan king Rajasinghe the second was able to capture the Galle Fort with the assistance of the Dutch.But ultimately the Dutch became an enemy of the sinhalese and took the control of the place and continued the fort building.They added many administrative and military features and facilities to this fort.

The British army took over the Galle Dutch Fort on the 23rd of February 1796.

There are two main entrances to the Galle Dutch Fort.If youre coming from the Galle harbour side you will see the two symbols on top of the main gate in both outer and inner walls.The outside wall logo contains the wording "Deiu et mon droit" which is the British moarch in England. The inside wall contains the Dutch VOC symbol which symbolizes the Dutch East Indian Company.

The other main entrance is located infront of the Galle Cricket grounds which is mostly used nowadays.