Welekade Dutch Fort
The Old Welekade Market/Welekade Dutch Fort is a historic colonial building in Badulla, Sri Lanka. The site belonged to the Badulla Divisional Secretariat division and is located near the Badulla Hospital, on the Badulla-Bandarawela road.
The history about the construction of Welekade market building is unclear, with many people believing that it was erected by the Dutch as a kind of castle or fortress. According to more reliable sources the building was constructed by the British in 1889, as the first public building in the Uva province. Due to its historical importance, the Welekade building has been formally recognised by the government as an archaeological protected monument. The designation was declared on 6 June 2008 under the government Gazette number 1553.
The market building has British architectural features, which can not be found anywhere in the country. The building was built in the shape of cross with a central high roof with a lower roof over the four entrances.[4] The inner space layout consists of an octagonal shaped central compound with four corridors. The corridors are built at right angles to each other. The centre of the building is an open space which rises up to a turret.
Særlige steder i Badulla
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Muthiyangana Raja Maha ViharayaMuthiyanganaya Raja Maha Viharaya ligger i centrum af byen Badulla. Tempelets historie går tilbage til Buddhas tid, men området omkring Badulla går helt tilbage til tiden i det 19.-18. århundrede f.Kr.
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Dowa Raja Maha ViharayaDowa Raja Maha Viharaya (Dowa Cape-templet) ligger få kilometer fra byen Bandarawela på vejen mellem Bandarawela og Badulla. Dette tempel menes at være bygget af kong Walagamba i det første århundrede f.Kr.
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Bogoda træbroBogoda-træbroen blev bygget i det 16. århundrede under Dambadeniya-æraen. Det siges at være den ældste overlevende træbro i Sri Lanka. Broen ligger 7 kilometer vest for Badulla.
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Dunhinda FallsDunhinda Falls ligger omkring 5 km fra byen Badulla. Det er 63 meter højt og betragtes som et af de smukkeste vandfald i Sri Lanka. Vandfaldet har fået sit navn fra de røgfyldte dugdråber, der sprøjter.
