Jaffna Fort

Jaffna Fort is a fort built by the Portuguese at Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 1618 under Philip De Olivera following the Portuguese invasion of Jaffna. It was captured by the Dutch under Raiclop Van Goins in 1658 who expanded it. In 1795, it was taken over by the British, and remained under the control of a British garrison till 1948. As the only large military fort in the country, due to the presence of only government and military buildings within its ramparts, it was garrisoned by a detachment of the Ceylon Army.

With the onset of the Sri Lankan Civil War it came under siege on several occasions and was the scene of pitched battles. From 1986 to 1995 it was under the control of the LTTE and was recaptured by the Sri Lanka Army in 1995 after a 50 day siege during Operation Riviresa. Today it remains garrisoned by a detachment of the Sri Lanka Army with limited access to visitors and is under renovation.

Buildings inside the fort include the Governor's residence, Queen's House, Jaffna, the Garrison Parade Ground, Police quarters and several buildings from the Portuguese era.

See also

  • Fort Hammenheil

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Upeksha Liyanage
15 April 2016
It worth ur time.. Nice breeze
Selvaraj Panchalingam
10 June 2014
There is a off - beat gravel road which is off limits to vehicles ; which goes all the way into the fort
Nirushanth Vasanth
26 July 2014
Awesome beach view with great ancient architect monument
Byron-Lim Steffan
27 October 2013
It was very nice to slander around this Fort.
Guille Martín
7 December 2014
Base militar re-aprovechada de la época colonial inglesa.
Guille Martín
7 December 2014
Sitio histórico militar de la época coloquial. Lugar que puedes pasar de largo, no tiene mucho que ver, es un simple fuerte.
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