Batticaloa Fort

Eastern Province · Sri Lanka

Batticaloa Fort, Sri Lanka
Photo: Anton Croos, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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May to September
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A compact rectangular fort begun by the Portuguese and completed by the Dutch on a lagoon islet in eastern Sri Lanka. Its low ramparts and bastions overlook the waters famed for their singing fish.

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