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Dutch Reformed Church (Galle)

Church Street, Fort, Galle

  • Open 8:30AM to 5:00PM

The Dutch Reformed Church is one of the oldest Protestant churches in Sri Lanka. It has beautiful honeycomb style floors inside, and has a startling collection of stone carved tombstones worked into the floors and the garden.


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The Dutch Reformed Church of the Galle fort, also known as the Groote Kerk, is one of the oldest Protestant churches still in use on the island. It was built by the Dutch in 1755 and is paved with tombstones from the old Dutch cemetery. The church garden itself is beautiful and haunting, with lush grass in the center flanked wall to wall by stone tablets.

Here are some photos of this startling church which is, for obvious reasons, one of the most visited places in the fort.

IMG_0219 Beautiful stained glass work, best in the evening light


IMG_0215 Honeycomb floors


IMG_0237 Interesting checkered stained glass


IMG_0235 Tombstones in the floorwork


IMG_0233 A vintage church organ from 1760


IMG_0228 Cane pews


IMG_0207 A tombstone of the many in the garden, preserved over centuries


IMG_0259 There is a rock pathway in the garden to walk on and study the tablets


IMG_0198 The church front

Address

Church Street, Fort, Galle

Directions

It's a skip away from the Amangalla hotel on Church Street, near the Commercial Bank ATM and across from the Maritime Museum.

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Open 8:30AM to 5:00PM

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