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[Photo of Galle Fort]

Galle Fort
The largest surviving Dutch defensive fortification and gun battery in Sri Lanka.

Centre: Star Bastion (from the Moon Bastion)

Inlet on right known as Dutch Creek - originally formed part of the defensive approaches to the fort as a natural moat separating the promontory and fort from the mainland.

Photograph by Robin Walsh © 2002

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