Jaffna Public Library

E83284
cultural heritage site library public library

Jaffna Public Library is a historic and once one of the largest libraries in Asia, renowned for its extensive Tamil literary collection and its symbolic significance in Sri Lanka’s cultural and political history.

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Label Occurrences
Jaffna Public Library canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural heritage site ⓘ
library ⓘ
public library ⓘ
architecturalStyle Indo-Saracenic architecture ⓘ
causeOfDestruction arson attack ⓘ
collectionType books ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ
periodicals ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
coordinateLocation approx. 9.664°N 80.009°E ⓘ
country Sri Lanka ⓘ
dateOfDestruction 1981 ⓘ
hasDome yes ⓘ
hasMunicipality Jaffna ⓘ
surface form: Jaffna Municipal Council
hasOnlinePresence yes ⓘ
hasReadingRooms yes ⓘ
hasReferenceSection yes ⓘ
hasSignificance political symbolism in Sri Lanka ⓘ
site of ethnic tension-related violence ⓘ
hasSubject Sri Lankan history ⓘ
Tamil literature ⓘ
arts ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
religion ⓘ
science ⓘ
heritageDesignation important cultural landmark of Sri Lanka ⓘ
inception 1933 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
locatedIn Jaffna ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Northern Province, Sri Lanka ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Sri Lanka Standard Time ⓘ
nearbyFeature Jaffna Fort ⓘ
Jaffna ⓘ
surface form: Jaffna city centre
notableFor extensive Tamil literary collection ⓘ
palm-leaf manuscripts ⓘ
rare Tamil manuscripts ⓘ
role in Sri Lankan Tamil cultural history ⓘ
officiallyReopened 2003 ⓘ
operator Jaffna ⓘ
surface form: Jaffna Municipal Council
ownedBy Jaffna ⓘ
surface form: Jaffna Municipal Council
publicAccess yes ⓘ
reconstructed yes ⓘ
reconstructionCompleted 2001 ⓘ
significantEvent burning of Jaffna Public Library ⓘ
symbolizes Tamil cultural identity in Sri Lanka ⓘ
impact of Sri Lankan civil conflict on culture ⓘ
wasOneOfLargestIn Asia ⓘ

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Subject: Jaffna Public Library
Description of subject: Jaffna Public Library is a historic and once one of the largest libraries in Asia, renowned for its extensive Tamil literary collection and its symbolic significance in Sri Lanka’s cultural and political history.

Referenced by (1)

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

Jaffna → hasLandmark → Jaffna Public Library ⓘ