Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications
A World Heritage Site in Sri Lanka, inscribed in 1988 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Region
- Asia and the Pacific
- Inscribed
- 1988
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- (iv)
- Component parts
- 1
- Coordinates
- 6.0281, 80.2163
- UNESCO ID
- 451
Source: factual data from UNESCO DataHub (whc001 / CC BY-SA 4.0). This site uses only factual information such as names, countries, inscription years and categories. No official UNESCO/WHC descriptions, photographs or logos are used.
Names in other languages
- French
- Vieille ville de Galle et ses fortifications
- Spanish
- Ciudad vieja de Galle y sus fortificaciones
- Chinese
- 加勒老城及其堡垒
Other World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka
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