Jaffna Fort
Jaffna Fort is a fort built by the Portuguese at Jaffna, Sri Lanka, in 1618 under Phillippe de Oliveira following the Portuguese invasion of Jaffna. The fort is located near the coastal village of Gurunagar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Rehman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Jaffna Public Library and Jaffna Teaching Hospital.
Jaffna Public Library
Library
Photo: Anton 17, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jaffna Public Library is located in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is one of Jaffna's most notable landmarks, and is run by the Jaffna Municipal Council. The library was built in 1933 and is Sri Lanka's second main public Library, only rivalled by Colombo Public Library During the early 1980s, it was one of the biggest libraries in Asia, containing over 97,000 books and manuscripts. Jaffna Public Library is situated 380 metres east of Jaffna Fort.
Jaffna Teaching Hospital
Hospital
Jaffna Teaching Hospital is a government hospital in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is the leading hospital in the Northern Province and the only hospital in the province controlled by the central government in Colombo. Jaffna Teaching Hospital is situated 660 metres northeast of Jaffna Fort.
Tilko Jaffna City Hotel
Hotel
Tilko Jaffna City Hotel is a hotel in the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The four-storey 42 room hotel is located in the heart of the city on K.K.S. Tilko Jaffna City Hotel is situated 450 metres northeast of Jaffna Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nallur and Kokkuvil.
Nallur
Town
Nallur is an affluent suburb in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. It is located 3 km south from Jaffna city centre. Nallur is most famous for Nallur Kandaswamy temple, one of Sri Lanka's most sacred place of pilgrimage for Sri Lankan Hindus. Nallur is situated 2½ km northeast of Jaffna Fort.
Kokkuvil
Village
Kokuvil is a suburb in the northern Sri Lankan city of Jaffna. Kokkuvil is situated 4 km north of Jaffna Fort.
Ariyalai
Town
Photo: உமாபதி, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ariyalai is a suburb of the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The suburb is divided into eight village officer divisions whose combined population was 10,750 at the 2012 census. Ariyalai is situated 4½ km east of Jaffna Fort.
Jaffna Fort
- Type: Ruins
- Categories: fort and historic site
- Location: Fort, Jaffna, Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.66232° or 9° 39′ 44″ northLongitude
80.00831° or 80° 0′ 30″ eastOpen location code
6MX2M265+W8OpenStreetMap ID
way 99282968OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q2756663
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Tamil—“Jaffna Fort” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ဂျက်ဖနာခံတပ်”
- Dutch: “Fort Jaffna”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة جافنا”
- Estonian: “Jaffna fort”
- French: “fort de Jaffna”
- French: “Fort de Jaffna”
- Japanese: “ジャフナ要塞”
- Portuguese: “Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora dos Milagres de Jafanapatão”
- Sinhala: “යාපනය කොටුව”
- Sinhala: “යාපනය බලකොටුව”
- Tamil: “யாழ்ப்பாணக் கோட்டை”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Muniyappar Temple and Pannai Park.
Nearby Places
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