Sitawaka fort

Sitawaka fort
Sitawaka fort
Part of Colombo District
Avissawella, Sri Lanka
	Sitawaka fort
Coordinates	6°57′11″N 80°13′28″E / 6.952983°N 80.224367°E
Type	Defence fort
Site information
Condition	Remnant
Site history
Built by	Kingdom of Sitawaka

Sitawaka fort (Sinhala: සීතාවක බලකොටුව, romanized: Sitawaka Balakotuwa; Tamil: சீதவாக்கைக் கோட்டை, romanized: Cītavākkaik Kōṭṭai), was built by the Sitawaka kingdom in Avissawella, Sri Lanka.^[1] It was adjoined with the palace of king Rajasinha I. The fort had been mounted with cannon on the river bank.^[2]

Sitawaka fort is destroyed along with palace of king and only the ruins can be seen today by the side of the Avissawella – Panawala road.^[3]

References

^ "Sitawaka". VOC Sri Lanka. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
^ "Mayadunne and Rajasinha I". The Island. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
^ "Sitawaka: A lost medieval kingdom". Ceylon Today. Retrieved 24 November 2014.

[1] "Sitawaka". VOC Sri Lanka. Retrieved 24 November 2014.

[2] "Mayadunne and Rajasinha I". The Island. Retrieved 24 November 2014.

[3] "Sitawaka: A lost medieval kingdom". Ceylon Today. Retrieved 24 November 2014.

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