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Jaffna Fort and the Dutch–Portuguese Lines: A Silent Chronicle of Power, Conflict, and Cultural Memory

Jaffna Fort and the Dutch–Portuguese Lines: A Silent Chronicle of Power, Conflict, and Cultural Memory

The Batticaloa Diaries: Kallady Bridge and the Fort

The Batticaloa Diaries: Kallady Bridge and the Fort

Ceylon’s British-Era Roads: Pathways That Built a Nation

Ceylon’s British-Era Roads: Pathways That Built a Nation

Dutch Forts of Sri Lanka – Tracing the Island’s Colonial Heritage

Dutch Forts of Sri Lanka – Tracing the Island’s Colonial Heritage

Colombo Fort | Historic black-and-white view of Colombo Fort’s York Street, colonial façades and the Cargills corner, with vintage cars and pedestrians.

Experiencing Fort — The Centre of the Old World of Ceylon

Colonial Post Offices in Sri Lanka: Little Red Pillars of History

Colonial Post Offices in Sri Lanka: Little Red Pillars of History

Colonial Ceylon Rest Houses | Golden-hour scene at a colonial-style Sri Lankan rest house: a white-clad waiter carries tea across the lawn toward a small table with teapot and cups before a veranda with white columns, wooden shutters, and a red-tile roof.

Colonial Ceylon Rest Houses: Echoes You Can Still Sleep In

Colonial Heritage | Colonial-era cobblestone street inside Galle Fort, Sri Lanka, at sunset. Dutch-style buildings with arched verandas and glowing street lamps line the road, with palm trees and the ocean visible in the background under a golden sky.

Discover Ceylon: A Journey Through Sri Lanka’s Colonial Heritage

Church Graveyards - Colonial-era cemetery in Sri Lanka with weathered stone headstones and brick bases on a sunlit, grassy slope beneath large shade trees.

Church Graveyards in Sri Lanka: Where Colonial Lives Still Speak