Pitakotte Gal Ambalama

Archaeological ruins

Watching Time : 30 Minutes

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Kotte had three resting posts, of which only the Gal Ambalama (made of granite) remains. Two others were Meti Ambalama (made of mud), one near the palace and another near Rajagiriya, which were lost in the mid-20th century. Gal Ambalama was destroyed during the wars between the Portuguese and Sītāvaka Rājasiṁha but was restored during the British period using old granite pillars. The well that was there is also now lost. Recent discoveries of some openings suggest it might also have served as an air outlet for the tunnel running across the previous site visited at Ananda Sastralaya.

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  • historical place and wonderful maintenance and clear this is the palace of kotte Kingdom or tomb of Alakeshwara.

    Dushantha Chamal (Ibagathe) Avatar Dushantha Chamal (Ibagathe)

    This is Alakeshwara palace

    Adeesha Dulanjana Avatar Adeesha Dulanjana
  • It was beautiful

    Kasun Avishka Avatar Kasun Avishka

    You must visit this heritage.don't bring back atleast a stone. just leave your footprints and come.

    Travel Tec & Tours Avatar Travel Tec & Tours
  • Believed to be the place of burial of the founder of Kotte, the Tomb of Alakeshwara can be easily reached through the Alakeshwara road on the Pittakotte road. Alakeshwara who... Read More

    Paochieh Cheng Avatar Paochieh Cheng

    This is an archeological site so don’t do bad stuff

    Roshani Wijesinghe Avatar Roshani Wijesinghe
  • It is good to say that it is the most important archaeological site in Sri Lanka because there are very few historical ruins belonging to the Kotte kingdom period (1412... Read More

    Prasad Subasinghe Avatar Prasad Subasinghe

    One of the Archaeological place in kotte..

    Yasiru Kuruwitage Avatar Yasiru Kuruwitage
  • මෙම නටඹුන් ස්ථානයේ එකිනෙකට සමීපව ඉදිකර ඇති ගොඩනැගිලි දෙකක පාදම් පවතී. මෙය කෝට්ටේ බළකොටුව ඉදි කරවූ වීර අලකේශ්වරයන් ගේ මාළිගාව හෝ එතුමා ආදාහනය කරන ලද ස්ථානය ලෙස මත දෙකක් පවතී. කෙසේ... Read More

    TC Bandarawela Avatar TC Bandarawela

    I am living closer to it

    kalhar indika Avatar kalhar indika
  • Archaeological site and museum, ancient kingdom of Sri Lanka.

    Mahesh Abeyratne Avatar Mahesh Abeyratne

    Ancient monument.

    sudarshana sampath Avatar sudarshana sampath
  • Part of the kotte kingdom. King Alakeshwara's tomb is situated here.

    Milinda Huruggamuwa Avatar Milinda Huruggamuwa

    Nice

    Future Engineering Avatar Future Engineering
  • This is a Alakeshwara Tombstone. It is in Athukotte. It is a ancient please in Sri Lanka.

    Chamika Karunathilaka Avatar Chamika Karunathilaka

    Good

    Priyantha Ramanayake Avatar Priyantha Ramanayake
  • අලකේශ්වර මාළිගය, ඇතුල් දිය අගල, පැරණි කොටු බැම්ම, පිටත දිය අගල, පුරාවිද්‍යා කෞතුකාගාරය වගේම ගල් අම්මබලම බලන්නත් අමතක කලේ නෑ. පුරාවිද්‍යා දෙපාර්තමේන්තුවෙන් දැන්වීම් පුවරු යොදා තිබෙන නිසා මෙම ස්ථාන නැරඹීමට... Read More

    Nish Perera Avatar Nish Perera

    A Valuable place for a history lover...

    Ruwindu Senanayake Avatar Ruwindu Senanayake
  • Our heritage

    Sujith Rathnayaka Avatar Sujith Rathnayaka

    it is historical place in Jayawardanapura

    Sriyantha Swarnamalitha Peramunagama Avatar Sriyantha Swarnamalitha Peramunagama