The Kotte Museum** (Sinhala: කෝට්ටේ කෞතුකාගාරය) is an archaeological museum located in Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Sri Lanka. Situated at the Bangala junction in Ethul Kotte, along the Borella-Pitakotte main road, this museum serves as the regional museum for the Western Province. It is maintained by the Archaeological Department of Sri Lanka. The museum was initially established in 1992 as the E. W. Perera Memorial Museumin Ihala Walawwa, the former residence of E. W. Perera, a prominent figure in the Sri Lankan independence movement. It opened to the public in 1995, The museum building features five exhibition rooms, showcasing a diverse collection of archaeological antiquities recovered from Kotte and its surrounding area. These artifacts include regional flags, clothing, statues, coins, swords, knives, guns, weapons, pottery, maps, and items.associated with E. W. Perera, as well as donations from Douglas Ranasinghe.
Negombo Fort was a small but important fort in Negombo, approx. 30 km (19 mile) north of Colombo, that was built by the Portuguese to defend Colombo. The fort was located on a narrow strip of land between a lagoon and an inlet of the sea. It was surrounded by a dry moat, and the gate was accessed via a drawbridge. The original Portuguese fort was a weak structure, which was captured by Dutch forces commanded by Philip Lucasz, in February 1640. The Portuguese made several attempts to retake it before they were successful in December 1640. They then strengthened the fortifications and managed to defend the fort until it was recaptured by the Dutch, commanded by Francois Caron, in January 1644. The original bastions were destroyed by the Dutch cannons during the siege of the fort. The Dutch subsequently rebuilt it in 1672 however not on the usual square pattern, but on a pentagonal one, though it had only four bulwarks, the fifth was never constructed (possibly due to the cost).
Ancient geographical milestones ate the most veritable sources of historical knowledge and wonders of Sri Lanka. Amongst such milestones, the Maniyagama Rajamaha Viharaya holds an immeasurable amount of artistic, architectural, historical and geographical value. In the historical folklore the Maniyagama was a linking junction of ancient Anuradhapura Kingdom and the Western region of Sri Lanka, and even the geographical deposition aside, the Maniyagama Rajamaha Viharaya itself is the most significant in its inception by King Valagamba and the later years the renovation by King Keerthi Sri Rajasinghe. Historically it played a pivotal role in not just as slinking road junction, but also as a strategic military stronghold, proven by the role this destination played in the battles between Seethawaka and Kotte Kingdoms as well as the Kingdoms resistance against Portuguese. Above all these historical values, the natural and Environmental features of the destination had added breathtaking attraction via curved roads, forest ceilings, outside and out of reach from unending urbanization, thus maintaining the nature value bestowed on the land to great extent. The architectural designs only added more prominent features to the land giving the mysterious quality people seek in a destination that has been a central point of many wars in the past. The Kandyan style roofing, long verandas, granite pillars, the makara thorana, the mural arts, ceiling, walls and shrine arts given the place exterior ambience that suitable for the destination.
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