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4 unusual facts about Galle Face Green


Cenotaph War Memorial, Colombo

It was originally built in the 1920s to remember both Ceylonese and Europeans from Ceylon who were killed in World War I, was constructed at the Galle Face Green.

Red Bull X-Fighters

Red Bull X-Fighters had its biggest event in Sri Lanka, Colombo at Galle Face Green on 2010 with a record 230,000 spectators on site.

Slave Island railway station

The Coastal Line was originally designed across the Galle Face Green, but due to requests by the public to avoid the promenade, an alternate route was made through Slave Island.

Located in the Slave Island area, just east of the Galle Face Green, the station sits in a commercial locale with business establishments, hotels, and shopping centers.



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