Hello Hivers,
I told you in the previous blog that I will bring the blog I prepared about Galle Fort in parts. Below is another part of it. I have already published the first parts of this. My apologies that I don't have enough hive power to post a large blog at once.
Next, I will tell you about some of the fortifications built for the defence of the fort.
This is the biggest battlement built in this fort. This is called Moon Gallery.
Moon Gallery
This gallery has been established in the dungeon built by the Dutch, located in the Moon Bastion, which is the largest bastion in the Galle Fort. Visitors to this gallery would get a basic knowledge of the important events recorded in the history of Galle during the precolonial and colonial periods, through the statues and paintings displayed here. The Moon Bastion was originally built by the Portuguese during the latter part of the 16th century. They named it Conceycao. After the conquest of Galle Fort by the dutch, it was renamed by them first as Middlepunt (Middle Bastion) and later as Moon Bastion. The specific part of the bastion in which this dungeon has been built was identified by them as Cat, Kat or Cavalier. There is no evidence to show that the British made any alteration to this dungeon or used it for any specific purpose. This dungeon which was kept closed until 2012 was opened up and conserve by the Galle Heritage Foundation.
I don't have enough hive power to post the whole post so stay tuned for the rest in the next blog.
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Thank you.
@hive.rana