The Galle Clock Tower is located within the Galle Fort in Galle, Sri Lanka. It overlooks the central Moon Bastion, on the site of the former guard room. The clock tower was constructed in 1883, based on a design by John Henry Gues Landon.
Sri Sudharmalaya is a Buddhist temple located in the Galle Fort, which is one of Sri Lanka’s five UNESCO world heritage sites. The temple includes a large reclining Buddha and a small stupa. The temple has an unusual design including Bellfry. It shows the existence of a church some time ago. It sits at the heart of the fort’s main western street (called Rampart Street) opposite the Clippenberg Bastion. A statue of a sitting Buddha outside the small white-painted temple faces the sea over the bastion. Inside, the Sudharmalaya Temple contains a prayer hall, a mini stupa that dates as far back as 1889, a large statue of a reclining Lord Buddha as well as several smaller statues. There is also a small belfry atop the temple’s prayer hall, which may indicate that the building was once used as a church.
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