Negombo
Negombo (Tamil: நீர்கொழும்பு,
Negombo Media
Painting by Johannes Vingboons of the Dutch fort in Negombo, c. 1665
A traditional fishing boat
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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
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Udayar Thoppuwa Mosque in Dheen Junction, Negombo, Sri Lanka.
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Negombo Beach, Sri Lanka
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This is a photo of a Negombo bus terminal
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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.