Galle, fort city alive [videorecording] / Winson Films presents ; screenplay & direction, Christy Shelton Fernando ; producer, Ranjith K. Perera ; script, K.D. Paranavitana.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Winson Films,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (ca. 46 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Copyright notice on disc: Winson Films. English narration, Arun Dias Bandaranayake ; Sinhalese narration, Ajith Indrajee Wijesena.
Summary:
The port of Galle situated in a strategic central location straddling the sea lanes of the Indian Ocean was a sanctuary for all who called at it. Galle, then gained reputation not as a city with intense density of inhabitants but also as a rare meeting point of the trans-oceanic monsoon systems providing a gateway to hinterland rich in tropical products and ancient crafts and in short was an emporium of exquisites. The fort site is a rocky promontory selected by the Portuguese in the third decade of the 16th century to construct a Fortress for their defense. After about little over a century, in 1640 they were chased out by the Dutch and possessed it for another one and a half century. The power changed hands again to the British in 1796. They too left in 1948 allowing independent Sri Lanka to administer it--Unedited summary from container.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)495920712
LCCN:
2009305651
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.