Galle Fort, Sri Lanka

The Galle Fort,is a fortification first built by the Portugese on the Southwestern coast of Sri Lanka. It is also known as Dutch Fort. Galle is the place where the Portugese made their initial landing in 1505, when made their first foray into the unknown (to them) lands of Sri Lanka.The fort built by the Portugese was very basic and made of mud and surrounded by palisades or stakewalls. There were three bastions and a single rampart. The sea wall did not exist as they considered the seaward end impregnable.
When the Dutch took over they found the defenses highly lacking in terms of the old fortifications. Hence they decided to encircle the entire peninsula in the strongest fortifications to defend themselves against other colonial agencies.After the fort fell into the hands of the British in 1796, they made it their southern headquarters and made many changes.