Badulla Dutch Fort
Badulla, Badulla District
About Badulla Dutch Fort
In Badulla, Sri Lanka, there is a historic colonial structure called the Old Welekade Market. On the Badulla-Bandarawela road, next to the Badulla Hospital, is where the location once belonged to the Badulla Divisional Secretariat division. Many people think that the Welekade market structure was constructed by the Dutch as a sort of castle or fortress despite the fact that the history of its construction is unknown. [3] The edifice was built by the British in 1889[4] as the first public structure in the province of Uva, according to more trustworthy sources. The Welekade building has been formally recognized by the government as an arc
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