Galle

A port city called Galle has been mentioned by historians of civilizationsm merchants and sailors from the reign of King Solomon. Sri Lankan legends tell how King Solomon transported peacocks and cinnamon through the port of Galle. Even if they are untrue, they may be close to the truth because Hebrew is where the word “cinnamon” had its phonetic beginnings. As early as the sixth century of the first millennium, the Greek geographer Cosmas Indicopluestas of Alexandria cites Galle as a significant halt for ships and sailors of the Levant. In the Sri Lanka Map, Galle has drawn people from the west, including Persians, Arabs, Greeks, and Romans, as well as Indians and Malays from Gujarat and Malacca. When Lorenzo de Almeida’s first Portuguese ship was escorted to its attractive harbour in 1505, Galle became a part of contemporary history.

A rocky peninsula that protects the bay is said to have once been a lump of Himalayan soil that the Monkey God Hanuman dropped while bringing healing plants and herbs to treat the injured in a fight in the Hindu epic Ramayana. If the whims of the winds brought the Portuguese to Sri Lanka, the allure of cinnamon held them there, a researcher writes in a famous work titled “Ceylon Under the British” in impishly inventive language. They did this up until the Dutch drove them out in 1640. As you explore Galle today, you will see well-preserved buildings that have endured both the test of time and the cost of advancement telling that tale from every nook and cranny. It is now a world heritage site that is protected. It has rediscover its former majesty by remaining behind the formidable granite walls of the fort and allowing some room for some top-notch luxury hotels in Sri Lanka. This historic port city stood at a crucial juncture in human history. Long before Isabella and Ferdinand gambled on Columbus, ancient seafarers who traveled with the aid of accommodating monsoon winds from China to the Shores of Arabia naturally stopped there.

Admiral Zeng Ho of China’s footprints may be found at Galle. The descendants of Arab traders will astound you with their charming villages and gorgeous mosques, bringing to mind the wanderlust of Ibn Battuta, who arrived on a stopover without a map of Sri Lanka but did leave descriptions of lodging options. The poem Galle is a tremendous retort to Kipling, the Imperial Poet. The Dutch constructed a fortified city, and it still stands today with walls and 14 bastions surrounding a 52 acre area. It is a clever fusion of Sri Lankan construction customs with European architecture. Coral and granite were utilized in the ramparts’ construction. The design of the dwellings and streets demonstrates a skillful fusion of the east and west. Long before Kipling said those lovely but undoubtedly unprophetic words, “never the twain shall meet,” the Dutch builders in Galle made the “twain meet.” The two still get together in January during the Galle Literary Festival, an annual gathering of the best writers from across the world that takes place in Sri Lanka. Long before the internet and the web existed, Galle was global. In actuality, since the second millennium.