Galle Clock Tower

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clock tower landmark

The Galle Clock Tower is a prominent 19th-century clock tower and landmark situated within the historic Galle Fort in Sri Lanka.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Galle Clock Tower canonical	3
Galle Fort	2

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	clock tower ⓘ landmark ⓘ
access	publicly accessible ⓘ
architecturalStyle	colonial architecture ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Sri Lanka ⓘ
culturalSignificance	symbol of Galle Fort ⓘ
era	British colonial period ⓘ
hasClock	four-faced clock ⓘ
hasPart	clock face ⓘ parapet ⓘ tower shaft ⓘ
height	approximately 25 meters ⓘ
heritageDesignation	part of Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications ⓘ
heritageDesignationAuthority	Department of Archaeology of Sri Lanka ⓘ surface form: Department of Archaeology, Sri Lanka UNESCO ⓘ
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
inception	1883 ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
locatedIn	Galle ⓘ Galle Clock Tower self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Galle Fort
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Southern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
locatedNear	Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications ⓘ surface form: Galle Fort ramparts Galle International Stadium ⓘ surface form: Galle International Cricket Stadium
locatedOn	Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications ⓘ surface form: ramparts of Galle Fort
materialUsed	brick ⓘ stone ⓘ
monumentType	public monument ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody	Port of Galle ⓘ surface form: Galle Bay Indian Ocean ⓘ
overlooks	Port of Galle ⓘ surface form: Galle Harbour Galle International Stadium ⓘ surface form: Galle cricket ground
partOf	Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications ⓘ surface form: Galle Fort fortifications
region	Southern Province ⓘ
significantForTourism	yes ⓘ
surroundedBy	bastions of Galle Fort ⓘ fort walls ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
usedFor	navigation landmark ⓘ timekeeping ⓘ
visibleFrom	Port of Galle ⓘ surface form: Galle Harbour Galle ⓘ surface form: Galle city

Referenced by (5)

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

Dutch Reformed Church, Galle → locatedNear → Galle Clock Tower ⓘ

Galle International Stadium → nearLandmark → Galle Clock Tower ⓘ

Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications → hasPart → Galle Clock Tower ⓘ

Galle Lighthouse → nearbyAttraction → Galle Clock Tower ⓘ

this entity surface form: Galle Fort

Galle Clock Tower → locatedIn → Galle Clock Tower self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Galle Fort