Fort Frederick Trincomalee
The Most valuable colonial Fort in Sri Lanka
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Saturday, August 26, 2023
Contact Details
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Address
Central Cultural Fund,
Trincomalee Project,
No. 07,
Margosa Teres,
Frederick Fort,
Trincomalee.
Phone Number
0262 220 039
Tuesday, August 8, 2023
ප්රවේශපත්ර මිල ගණන් டிக்கெட் விலைகள் Ticket prices
Foreign Ticket Prices
01. Foreign Ticket Full - 06 US $
02. Foreign Ticket Half - 03 US $
Half tickets issue for SAARC countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan) and BIMSTEC Countries (India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar).
දේශීය ප්රවේශපත්ර මිල ගණන්
01. දේශීය වැඩිහිටි ප්රවේශපත්රය - රු. 120
உள்நாட்டு வயதுவந்தோருக்கான டிக்கெட் ரூ.120.00
02. දේශීය ළමා ප්රවේශපත්රය - රු. 60
உள்நாட்டு சிறுவர்களுக்கான டிக்கெட் ரூ.60.00
පාසල් නිල ඇඳුමෙන් පැමිණෙන සියලුම සිසුන් සඳහා නොමිලේ ප්රවේශපත්ර නිකුත් කරනු ලැබේ.
Friday, August 4, 2023
Place to Visit in Frederick Fort
No. 01 - Entrance Gate
No. 04 - Sea Sub-gate
No. 05 - De Cat Battery
No. 06 - Gokanna Temple
N0. 07 - Enthuisem Battery (Munro Battery)
Entry is not allowed as it is located in a high security zone.
N0. 08 - Wesley House
N0. 09 - Ancient Hospital Building
No. 10 - Holland Battery
Entry is not allowed as it is located in a high security zone.
No. 11 - Lookout Point
No. 12 - Eastern Battery
No. 13 - Old Water Tank
No. 14 - De Redout Battery
No. 15 - Sea Gate
No. 16 - Western Battery
No. 17 - Colonial Cemeteries
No. 18. - Flagstaff Battery
Entry is not allowed as it is located in a high security zone.
No. 19 - Koneswaram Temple
Thursday, August 3, 2023
සංචාරක කලාපය තුළ සැලකිලිමත් විය යුතු කරුණු Things to be concerned about in the tourist area.
සංචාරක කලාපය විවෘතව පවතින වේලාව - පෙ.ව. 7.00 - ප.ව. 5.00
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நேரம் - K.g 7.00 - gp.g 5.00
Tourist zone opening hours - 7.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Trincomalee Frederick Fort - Place to Visit
No.01
- Entrance Gate
This gate is the entrance gate which was
built during the Dutch period and today can be seen the form which has been
modified by the British. When look at the entrance in front of the fort, can be
seen the year the fort was built by the Dutch and the East India Trade
Company’s logo and a note as “Fort Fredrick”.
No.
02 - Amsterdam Battery
This battery built to provide protection from both land and sea sides of the fort
built by the Dutch. Here are 10 openings where the cannons aimed towards Dutch bay
and towards the land towards the old canal were positioned. A flight of steps
leads from the camp to the war loft. On one side of the war attic are two
underground gunpowder stores measuring 25x20 feet.
No. 03 - Sea Burg Battery
Among
the five batteries in the Fredrick fort, this gun point, which is located to
the left of the entrance is strong enough to withstand attacks from the land
side. This gun point was designed by the Dutch to set several cannons. There are
several underground ammunition stores which can be entered from the Fredrick
Fort in this gun point. At the beginning of the steps, there is an arch with
two beautifully carved stone pillars removed from the old Hindu temple.
No. 04 - Sea sub-gate
This gate facing Back bay Harbor was
built by the Dutch. Back bay is a colonial name applied to the part of Gokanna
Harbour, which was a popular port during the Anuradhapura period. This sea gate
may have been used as a supply route for ships arriving at this port to bring
cargo into the fort premises and to evacuate soldiers and goods from the fort.
This is located near the present Gokanna temple.
No.05 – De Cat Battery
This battery which was located in front of Back Bay is a small gun point. At
present, due to a Buddha statue of Gokanna temple and another building were
built on this gun point, it cannot be seen this ancient gun point and other
construction which was built by the British.
No.06 - Gokanna Temple
The old Gokanna temple is mentioned in
the Mahavamsa that it was built by King Mahasen in the 3rd AD. According to
historical sources, this temple was also developed by the second Agrabodhi king
and the fifth Agrabodhi kings who reigned in Anuradhapura. The temple was
completely destroyed due to invasions in the later period, and factors such as
a Bodhi animal head and Koravak stones found near the fort are the material
factors of its history.
The present Gokanna Vihara was built in
the 1980s to commemorate the destruction of the old Gokanna Vihara. The
construction of the temple can be seen in the vicinity of the old Bodhi tree
and Avasage, as well as the gunpoint, known in the past as De Cat.
No.07 – Enthuisem Battery
This battery on the right side of the entrance is the place prepared by the Dutch
to store artillery. Now can be seen a part of artillery which was installed by
the British. Looking at the sea from this place, the lighthouse at Sampur and
the beach along the port of Trincomalee are clearly visible.
No.08 - Wesley House
Coming from the entrance gate on the
temple road, this house is located in the army camp on the south side. This is
the home where Lord Wellington lived in the Trincomalee Fort during the
colonial period. An architecturally beautiful mansion.
No. 09 - Ancient Hospital Building
This
is a double building which was built by the British in 19th century
AD. There are two middle yard in middle part of the building. There are British
architecture features in this building such as circular shape pillars and doors
with arch. This building is considered as a hospital which used by the British
and now this is an army house.
No.10
- Holland Battery
After
descending the steps down from the building known as the old Church, the cannon
stand, built to be driven on two small wheels, just out towards the sea.
No.11
- Lookout point
This
building was built during world war »»' This may have been used as an
observation bastion. From this point all naval vessels approaching the land
with fort Frederick to the east can be observed. A portion of the Koneswaram
temple and the Shiva statue can be seen on the left from this observation
building. Also this place has a good view of the land and the sea, So it is the
best place to experience the natural beauty of Trincomalee.
No.12 - Eastern Battery
This gunpoint is located on the right
side of the road towards Lookout Point and may have been built during the
British rule. This may have been used to face enemy attacks from the eastern
sea. Underground ammunition stores can also be seen here.
No.13 - Old water tank
A large underground water tank built for
the water needs of the soldiers inside the fort during World War II. Nowadays
it is decommissioned and can be viewed from outside.
No. 14 – De Redout Building
This
building was mentioned as “De Redout” in a Dutch map in 1750. There are evidences
that many cannons were installed for security.
This building was built using bricks and it has 7m height. It can be
entered through an arch and there are three subterranean cabins from the left
side. These cabins were used for store gunpowder and administrative works. The
British changed the original form and add two new cabins using concrete and two
places for install cannons and several cabins for store gunpowder. At the top
of the monument, it can be seen clearly inner port, outer port from Trincomalee
and large area of the fort.
No.15 - Sea Gate
This gate facing Back bay Harbor was
built by the Dutch. Back bay is a colonial name applied to the part of Gokanna
Harbour, which was a popular port during the Anuradhapura period. This sea gate
may have been used as a supply route for ships arriving at this port to bring
cargo into the fort premises and to evacuate soldiers and goods from the fort.
This is located near the present Gokanna temple.
No.16 - Western Battery
This battery, seen from the Back bay
Harbor side, was built by the British. There was a cannon and an underground
gunpowder store. Today, the rails of its cannon mount, the iron part with the
center of the cannon mount, and the steps are still intact.
No.17 - Colonial Cemeteries
These burial grounds are located on the
road leading to the Koneswaram temple. Several tombs belonging to Dutch and
British nationals belonging to the colonial period can be seen here and their
details are also recorded on the inscriptions.
No.18 - Flagstaff Battery
This battery is located in front of the
Koneswaram temple. Currently, it is not open to tourists as it is maintained as
a high security checkpoint by the Navy. There was a large cannon here. Today,
the underground building where the cannon was installed is very similar to the
Western War Attic. An open courtyard and several other rooms can be seen there.
No.19 - Koneswaram Temple
Thirukoneshwaram Temple Built to worship
Lord Shiva, this temple was built in AD. The temple was built by the Chola
rulers in the 10th and 11th centuries and was later patronized by the rulers of
Polonnaruwa. The construction of the temple and its history are also mentioned
in Vayalpanam Vaipamalai, Vayu Purana and Thirugnanasambandhan's poems composed
to be sung in the temple. A place of great respect for Hindus.
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
ත්රිකුණාමලය ෆෙඩ්ර්ක් කොටුව - නැරඹුම් ස්ථාන
01. ප්රධාන දොරටුව
ගොඩබිමින් කොටුවට ප්රවේශවීමට ඇති එකම දොරටුව මෙය වේ. මෙම දොරටුව ලන්දේසි සමයේ ඉදිකරන ලද ප්රවේශ දොරටුවක් වන අතර වර්තමානය වනවිට දක්නට ලැබෙන්නේ බ්රිතාන්යයන් විසින් කරන ලද වෙනස්කම් ද සහිතව පවතින ස්වරූපය යි. කොටුව ඉදිරියෙන් දොරටුව දෙස බලනවිට ලන්දේසීන් විසින් කොටුව ඉදි කළ වර්ෂය 1675 ලෙසත්, බ්රිතාන්යයන් පෙරදිග ඉන්දිය වෙළඳ සමාගමේ ලාංඡනය හා Fort Fedrick යන සටහනත් දක්නට ලැබේ.
இல.1 - நுழைவு வாயில்
இந்த வாயில் டச்சு காலத்தில் கட்டப்பட்ட நுழைவு வாயிலாகும், இன்று ஆங்கிலேயர்களால் மாற்றியமைக்கப்பட்ட வடிவத்தைக் காணலாம். கோட்டையின் முன் நுழைவாயிலைப் பார்க்கும்போது, டச்சு மற்றும் கிழக்கிந்திய வர்த்தக நிறுவனத்தின் சின்னம் மற்றும் "ஃபோர்ட் ஃப்ரெட்ரிக்" என்று ஒரு குறிப்புடன் கோட்டை கட்டப்பட்ட ஆண்டைக் காணலாம்.
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Fort Frederick - Introduction
ශ්රී ලංකාවේ නැගෙනහිර පළාතේ ත්රිකුණාමල නගරය කේන්ද්ර කරගෙන මෙම උරුම කලාපය හඳුනාගත හැකිය. මෙම කලාපය තුළ ප්රාග් ඓතිහාසික අවධියේ සිට යටත් විජිත යුගය දක්වා මානව ක්රියාකාරකම් සිදු වූ බවට පුරාවිද්යාත්මකව තහවුරුකොටගෙන ඇත. තැනිතලා භූමි කලාපයක් වන මෙහි ස්වභාවිකව පිහිටි ගල්ලෙන් බොහොමයක ප්රාග්ඓතිහාසික මානවයා වාසය කර ඇති බවට මෑතක සිදු කළ පුරාවිද්යාත්මක පර්යේෂණ මගින් තහවුරු වී ඇත. විශේෂයෙන් උරුම කලාපයේ පිහිටි ස්වභාවික සම්පත් දෙකක් නිසා ඓතිහාසික යුගයේ දී සුවිශේෂී මානව ක්රියාකාරකම් සිදු වූ කලාපයක් ලෙස හඳුනාගත හැකිය. එනම් ත්රිකුණාමල ස්වභාවික වරායත් සේරුවිල ආශ්රිත පිහිටා ඇති තඹ නිධියත් ය. ක්රි. පූ. 4 වන සියවසේ පමණ පටන් ක්රි.ව. 12 වන සියවස පමණ දක්වා සේරුවිල පිහිටි තඹ නිධිය දේශීය වශයෙන් මෙන්ම ජාත්යන්තරව ද භාවිත වූ තඹ නිධියක් බව පුරාවිද්යාත්මක හා ඓතිහාසික මූලාශ්ර මගින් තහවුරු වී ඇත. මෙම තඹ කැණීම් කළ ස්ථාන, තඹ නිස්සාරණ ස්ථාන හා තඹ නිස්සාරණ උදුන් පුරාවිද්යාත්මක පර්යේෂණ තුලින් හඳුනාගෙන ඇත. මෙම භූමි කලාපයේ නැගෙනහිර කොටස කඩතොළ සහිත වෙරළ තීරයක් නිසා ත්රිකුණාමලය ස්වභාවික වරාය ඇතුලූ අතීතයේ ක්රියාත්මක වූ වරායන් කිහිපයක් මෑතක දී හඳුනාගෙන ඇත. අතීතයේ ගෝකණ්ණ වරාය ලෙසින් හැඳින් වූ ත්රිකුණාමළය වරාය ශ්රී ලංකාවේ පිහිටි විශාලතම ස්වභාවික වරාය වන්නේ ය. පෙර අපර දෙදිග සම්බන්ධ කරන්නා වූ වෙළෙඳ මධ්යස්ථානයක් ලෙසින් අතීතයේ සිටම ක්රියාත්මක වූ මෙම වරාය කඳුවලින් ආවරණය වූ බොකු සහිත ප්රදේශයක් වීම හා මෝසම් සුළඟින් නැව් ආරක්ෂා කර ගැනීමේ හැකියාව ඉහළ මට්ටමකින් යුක්ත බැවින් බටහිර ජාතීන් යටතේ ඉන්දීය සාගරයේ ආරක්ෂාව හා වෙළඳ කටයුතු සිදු කිරීමේදී ත්රීකුණාමලය වරාය සුවිශේෂී වරායක් විය. වරාය ආශ්රිත කලාපයේ ආරක්ෂාව සඳහා බලකොටු කිහිපයක් ඉදිකරන ලද අතර වර්තමානයේ දී ෆෙඩ්රික් කොටුව නමින් හැඳින්වෙන ලන්දේසීන් විසින් ඉදිකරන ලද බලකොටුව අතීතයේ දී මෙන්ම වර්ථමානයේ දී ද ඉතා වැදගත් ආරක්ෂිත මධ්යස්ථානයකි. විශේෂයෙන් ක්රිස්තු පූර්ව අවධියේ සිට ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ක්රියාත්මක වන මහාමාර්ග පද්ධතියේ නැගෙනහිර කෙළවර වන්නේ ත්රිකුණාමලයේ පිහිටි මෙම වරායන්ගෙනි. මෙම උරුම කලාපය තුළ වූ තවත් විශේෂිත කරුණක් වන්නේ බෞද්ධ, හින්දු උරුමයන් සම්මිශ්රව පැවතීමයි.
යටත් විජිත යුගයේ දී ප්රධාන මර්මස්ථානයක් වන ත්රිකුණාමලය, පෘතුගීසි, ලන්දේසි, ප්රංශ හා ඉංග්රීසි යන බටහිර ජාතීන්ගේ පාලනයට ත්රිකුණාමලය නතු වෙයි. ත්රිකුණාමලය නගරයේ පිහිටි ෆෙඩ්රික් බලකොටුව මේ සඳහා සාධක සපයයි.
මධ්යම සංස්කෘතික අරමුදල මගින් ෆෙඩ්රික් බලකොටුව කේන්ද්රකරගෙන උරුම කළමනාකරණ කටයුතු 2016 වර්ෂයේ දී ආරම්භ කරන ලදී.
මෙය ලංකාවේ පිහිටි යටත් විජිත අවධියට අයත් බලකොටු අතරින් වාස්තුවිද්යාත්මක සහ සෞන්දර්යාත්මක වශයෙන් වඩාත් කැපීපෙනෙන බලකොටුවකි.
This heritage site is located centered on the Trincomalee town in the Eastern province of Sri Lanka. It has been archaeologically confirmed that there had been human activities within the zone from pre-historic times up to the colonial era. Recent archaeological research has confirmed that pre-historic humans have lived in many natural rock caves in this flat land area. This zone could be identified as an area where significant human activities had taken place because of two natural resources in the region: the natural harbor at Trincomalee and the copper sediment near Seruvila. Archaeological and historical sources have confirmed that the copper sediment at Seruvila had been made use of from the fourth century BC up to circa twelfth century both locally and internationally. Archaeological research has found out places where digging for copper was done, copper smelting places and smelting furnaces. As there is an indented coastline in the Eastern portion of this zone, several harbors including the natural harbour that had been operative in the past have been recently identified. The Trincomalee harbour known in the past as the Gokanna Harbour is the largest natural harbor in Sri Lanka. As this harbour, which has functioned as a trade center joining the East and the West since the past, is secured from the damage to ships from the monsoon winds as it is a hollowed area covered with hills it gathered prominence in trade activities and became a prominent harbour for the protection of the Indian ocean under the western nations. A few forts were built for the protection of the harbor and the fort built by the Dutch now known as the Fort Fredrick is an important security port in the present as it was in the past. The road network that had been operational in Sri Lanka from pre-Christian times ends at these ports in Trincomalee. Another noteworthy fact within this heritage zone is the existence of a mixed Buddhist-Hindu heritage.
As a crucial port during the colonial period, it came under the control of such western nations as Portuguese, Dutch, French and English. The Fort Fredrick bears testimony to this. Heritage management was begun by the Central Cultural Fund in 2016 centered on the Fort Frederick. This is one of the most architecturally and aesthetically outstanding fort of the colonial period in Sri Lanka.
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