Negombo
Negombo (Tamil: நீர்கொழும்பு,
Negombo Media
Painting by Johannes Vingboons of the Dutch fort in Negombo, c. 1665
A traditional fishing boat
Built by the Dutch to transport spices, now used by the local fisherman to get to the sea, Dutch canal in Negombo
Interior of St. Mary's Church in Negombo
Udayar Thoppuwa Mosque in Dheen Junction, Negombo, Sri Lanka.
Negombo Beach, Sri Lanka
This is a photo of a Negombo bus terminal
Negombo Downtown Railway Station
Sinhala: මීගමුව)is a city north of Colombo on the west coast of Sri Lanka. Bandranaike International Airport is here. Near the waterfront, the remains of a 17th-century Dutch fort now contains a prison. Negombo Lagoon, lined with fishermen's huts, feeds into the Dutch-era Hamilton Canal. The canal leads south to Colombo. The neoclassical St Mary's church, completed in the 1920s, has a ceiling decorated with vivid religious paintings.