Lotus Tower
The Lotus Tower, also known as the Colombo Lotus Tower, stands at a height of 351.5 meters in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It has become a symbolic landmark for the country.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Commercial building
- Description: Telecommunications tower in Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Also known as: “Colombo Lotus Tower”
- Address: D. R. Wijewardene Mawatha
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Maradana Railway Station and Colombo National Museum.
Maradana Railway Station
Railway station
Maradana Railway Station is a major rail hub in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The station is served by Sri Lanka Railways, with many inter-city and commuter trains entering each day. Maradana Railway Station is situated 1 km east of Lotus Tower.
Colombo National Museum
Museum
The Colombo National Museum, also known as the Sri Lanka National Museum, is a museum in Colombo and the largest in Sri Lanka. Founded in 1877 and maintained by the Department of National Museums, it holds collections of significant importance to Sri Lanka, such as the regalia of the Kandyan monarchs, as well as many other exhibits relating the country's cultural and natural heritage. Colombo National Museum is situated 2 km south of Lotus Tower.
Pettah Floating Market
Marketplace
The Pettah Floating Markets are located on Bastian Mawatha in Pettah, a neighborhood in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and consist of 92 trade stalls, with a number of the stalls established on boats on Beira Lake. Pettah Floating Market is situated 700 metres northwest of Lotus Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Slave Island and Colombo.
Slave Island
Village
Slave Island, officially known as Kompagngna Veediya, also known as Kampong Kertel and Kompanna Veediya and formerly known as Javanam Quarters during Dutch rule, is a suburb in Colombo, Sri Lanka, located directly south of the Fort.
Colombo
Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka, and still perceived by many as the capital though the suburb of Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte is now the official capital.
Lotus Tower
- Categories: tower, building, and office
- Location: Suduwella1, Colombo Divisional Secretariat, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
6.92705° or 6° 55′ 37″ northLongitude
79.85833° or 79° 51′ 30″ eastElevation
10 metres (33 feet)Height
356 metres (1,168 feet)Open location code
6JRXWVG5+R8OpenStreetMap ID
way 728831229OpenStreetMap feature
building=commercialOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=tower
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Lotus Tower” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “কলম্বো লোটাস টাওয়ার”
- Catalan: “Lotus Tower”
- Chinese: “科倫坡蓮花塔”
- Chinese: “蓮花塔”
- Croatian: “Colombo Lotus Tower”
- Croatian: “Peliyagoda Tower”
- French: “Lotus Tower”
- German: “Lotus Tower”
- Hungarian: “Lótusz-torony”
- Indonesian: “Menara Lotus”
- Italian: “Lotus Tower”
- Japanese: “ロータス・タワー”
- Malayalam: “കൊളംബോ ലോട്ടസ് ടവർ”
- Malayalam: “ലോട്ടസ് ടവർ”
- Persian: “برج نیلوفر آبی کلمبو”
- Russian: “Телебашня «Лотус»”
- Sinhala: “කොළඹ නෙළුම් කුළුණ”
- Sinhala: “නෙළුම් කුළුණ”
- Spanish: “Lotus Tower”
- Spanish: “Torre del loto”
- Tamil: “தாமரைக் கோபுரம்”
- Thai: “โลทัสทาวเวอร์”
- Vietnamese: “Tháp Hoa sen”
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