Mondbastion

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Mondbastionen wurden 1667 nach der Eroberung der portugiesischen Festung Santa Cruz durch die Holländer und dem Abriss der ursprünglichen hölzernen Palisadenmauern errichtet. In den Stadtmauern zwischen diesen beiden Bastionen befindet sich das Neue Tor, der Hauptzugang zwischen der modernen Stadt Galle auf der linken Seite und der Stadt aus dem 16. Jahrhundert innerhalb der Festung auf der rechten Seite.

Innerhalb der Festung gibt es drei Bastionen, die damals als Sao Lago (Sonnenbastion), Middelpunt (Mondbastion) und Zeepunt (Sternbastion) bekannt waren. Die Briten, die die Nachfolge der Niederländer antraten, nutzten die Mondbastion jedoch nicht.

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About Galle District

Galle is a city situated on the southwestern tip of Sri Lanka, 119 km from Colombo.Galle is the best example of a fortified city built by Europeans in south and Southeast Asia, showing the interaction between European architectural styles and south Asian traditions. The Galle fort is a world heritage site and the largest remaining fortress in Asia built by European occupiers.

Galle is a sizeable town, by Sri Lankan standards, and has a population of 91,000, the majority of whom are of Sinhalese ethnicity. There is also a large Sri Lankan Moor minority, particularly in the fort area, which descend from Arab merchants that settled in the ancient port of Galle.

About Southern Province

The Southern Province of Sri Lanka is a small geographic area consisting of the districts of Galle, Matara and Hambantota. Subsistence farming and fishing is the main source of income for the vast majority of the people of this region.

Important landmarks of the Southern Province include the wildlife sanctuaries of the Yala and Udawalawe National Parks, the holy city of Kataragama, and the ancient cities of Tissamaharama, Kirinda and Galle. (Although Galle is an ancient city, almost nothing survives from before the Portuguese invasion.) During the Portuguese period there were two famous Sinhalese poets called Andare who was from Dickwella and Gajaman Nona who was from Denipitiya in Matara District, composing poems on common man.

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