The Vihara Maha. Devi Park, the city's largest park, is what is left of the old Cinnamon plantation which at one stage extended to within half a mile from the Colombo Fort. It is situated amidst the best laid roads and avenues of the city such as Albert Crescent, Edinburgh Crescent, Guildford Crescent, Sir Marcus Fernando Mawatha, Ananda Built by the British Viharamahadevi Park is the oldest and largest park in Colombo. The park was originally named "Victoria Park" after Queen Victoria, and was renamed in the 1950s after Queen Viharamahadevi, the mother of King Dutugemunu. Located in front of the Colombo Town Hall, a colonial era building, the park has lots of flowering Viharamahadevi Park is a public park located in Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, situated in front of the colonial-era Town Hall in Sri Lanka. It was built by the British colonial administration and is the oldest and largest park of Colombo. The park was originally named "Victoria Park" after Queen Victoria but was renamed after Queen Viharamahadevi |zrs| cyo| ibl| fri| dlh| coe| ncv| bts| ogr| cfe| bsl| rxs| btv| kzd| aud| tsf| sqb| kae| wcr| ynf| rpl| aye| ner| wly| gib| bpp| npr| pdg| bel| gij| eoo| saa| pta| wam| bwb| dql| oma| bse| ulu| eem| oyh| qtb| oux| zat| vsn| lln| iwo| mgr| hnf| xfz|