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月の要塞は、オランダがポルトガルのサンタ クルス要塞を占領し、元の木製の柵の壁が取り壊された後、1667 年に建設されました。これら 2 つの要塞の間の城壁に位置するのが新門で、左側の現代都市ゴールと右側の要塞内の 16 世紀の町の間の主要なアクセスです。

砦内には、当時サン ラゴ (太陽の要塞)、ミデルプント (月の要塞)、ゼープント (星の要塞) として知られる 3 つの要塞があります。しかし、オランダの後継者となったイギリスは月の要塞を利用しなかった。

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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.