Sitawaka fort

Sitawaka fort
	Part of Colombo District
	Avissawella, Sri Lanka
	Sitawaka fort
Coordinates	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]

1690 Map of Sitawaka fort (bottom right corner)

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.

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[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.