Colombo Fort

E130591

central business district historic district

Colombo Fort is the historic commercial and administrative district of Colombo, Sri Lanka, known for its colonial-era architecture and role as the city’s financial hub.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Colombo Fort canonical	5
Colombo Harbour area	1
Port of Colombo (urban frontage)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	central business district ⓘ historic district ⓘ
adjacentTo	Beira Lake ⓘ Cinnamon Gardens ⓘ surface form: Pettah
contains	Bank of Ceylon Tower ⓘ Cargills (Ceylon) Building ⓘ Central Bank of Sri Lanka headquarters ⓘ Colombo Fort railway station ⓘ surface form: Colombo Fort Railway Station Colombo Port City access roads ⓘ Colombo Stock Exchange ⓘ Dutch Hospital Shopping Precinct ⓘ Galle Face Green northern end ⓘ Grand Oriental Hotel ⓘ Lloyd’s Building, Colombo ⓘ Old Colombo Lighthouse (Clock Tower) ⓘ Old Parliament Building ⓘ People’s Bank headquarters ⓘ Presidential Secretariat, Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Presidential Secretariat of Sri Lanka Colombo World Trade Center ⓘ surface form: World Trade Center Colombo
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ
currentFunction	commercial district ⓘ financial district ⓘ
governingBody	Colombo Municipal Council area ⓘ surface form: Colombo Municipal Council
hasHeritage	British colonial architecture ⓘ Dutch colonial architecture ⓘ Portuguese colonial architecture ⓘ
hasHistoricalOriginAs	Portuguese fortification ⓘ
hasTransportHub	Central bus terminals ⓘ Colombo Fort railway station ⓘ surface form: Colombo Fort Railway Station
historicalFunction	fortified colonial administrative center ⓘ
knownFor	colonial-era architecture ⓘ commercial activity ⓘ financial institutions ⓘ government buildings ⓘ
languageUsed	English ⓘ Sinhala ⓘ Tamil ⓘ
locatedBy	Indian Ocean ⓘ
locatedIn	Colombo ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity	Colombo District ⓘ Western Province ⓘ
locatedOn	west coast of Sri Lanka ⓘ
partOf	Colombo ⓘ surface form: Colombo metropolitan area
role	administrative center of Colombo ⓘ financial hub of Colombo ⓘ
timeZone	Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
UTCOffset	+05:30 ⓘ
wasLaterDevelopedBy	British colonial administration ⓘ Dutch colonial empire ⓘ surface form: Dutch colonial administration

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Colombo → hasLandmark → Colombo Fort ⓘ

Colombo Fort railway station → locatedIn → Colombo Fort ⓘ

Galle Face Green → locatedNear → Colombo Fort ⓘ

Colombo Municipal Council area → contains → Colombo Fort ⓘ

this entity surface form: Port of Colombo (urban frontage)

Parliament Building, Colombo → overlooks → Colombo Fort ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colombo Harbour area

Queen's House, Colombo → locatedIn → Colombo Fort ⓘ