Sri Lanka’s ancient port city Trincomalee requested to be declared a world heritage city

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Colombo: Director General of Archeology Senarath Dissanayake says that Sri Lanka has made a request to the UNESCO to proclaim two of historical venues in the eastern port city of Trincomalee as world heritages.

These two venues are the ancient port in Trincomalee and the Old Dutch Fort. The ancient harbour is also known as Black Harbour.

The Director General said that if these venues were declared as world heritage sites that would be an immense boost to the city that is already a major tourist attraction in the country.

The sacred city of Anuradhapura, ancient city of Polonnaruwa, ancient city of Sigiriya, Sinharaja forest reserve, sacred city of Kandy, old town of Galle and its fortifications, the Golden Temple of Dambulla and central highlands of Sri Lanka are the present world heritage sites of Sri Lanka. (www.colombopage.com)