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Tourist Attractions

Arcade Independence Square

ආකේඩ් නිදහස් චතුරශ්‍රය

Western Province

Colombo District

6°54'09.0"N 79°52'07.0"E

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Colombo turned its old asylum into a shopping arcade, and hardly anyone shopping there knows it.

STAND INSIDE IT — 360°

Drag to look around

THE PLACE

The Arcade Independence Square is a shopping complex in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Housed in a group of renovated buildings including the former Jawatta Lunatic Asylum and the former Western Provincial Council Building, it was built as a part of the Independence Square Redevelopment programe initiated by the national government.

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Western Province

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Colombo District

DS DIVISION

Thimbirigasyaya Divisional Secretariat

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FROM COLOMBO

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6°54'09.0"N 79°52'07.0"E

THE PHOTOGRAPHS

THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S NOTES

- Viran de Silva

ONWARD

Or let the island choose – take me anywhere

UNIQUE SRI LANKA

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Photographs © Viran de Silva
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