The church is impressive, with beautifully carved monuments on the ground. It is conceivable that the ground should be the coffins of some important people. The location of the church is a traffic road, so it looks special.
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Wolvendaal Church Highlights: Must-See Features and Attractions
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Wolf Valley Church, founded in 1749, is the oldest surviving Dutch Catholic church in Colombo. Wolf Valley Church is one of the more beautiful and interesting churches in South Asia. This is a good place to visit if interested in Dutch colonial history. 1. Style The ancient Wolf Valley Church occupies a very important position in the Dutch ruins in Colombo and even the world. The church was funded by the East India Company and is a neoclassical church with a Greek cross-shaped structure and a wall thickness of 1.5 meters. All the wooden seats, pulpits, etc. in the church are all preserved from that time, and they are all old Dutch-style and valuable antiques. There are also carved floor tiles and pipe organs inside, which are all worth seeing. There are numerous monuments on the walls, as well as the tombstones of five Dutch governors and their wives, as well as dignitaries of the time. Every Sunday morning, the church will hold Mass on time. 2. The origin of the name The current location of this church is at a very busy big crossroads in the Beta District, but it was a wasteland outside the city walls of Colombo back then. Europeans mistakenly thought that the roaring jackal was a wolf, so it was called the place. Known as "Wolf Valley", although the origin of the name is quite interesting, this church is actually the most important Dutch building in Sri Lanka.
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The church is impressive, with beautifully carved monuments on the ground. It is conceivable that the ground should be the coffins of some important people. The location of the church is a traffic road, so it looks special.
I found that the names of many tourist attractions in Sri Lanka are quite good, which is the kind of good that will fool people. At that time, when I checked the attractions, I heard this name and went there. I arrived. After I found that it was a small church, I was very disappointed.
Quite old Dutch church, this church, in the middle of a road, can be said to be, hard, separated a road, walked on both sides, if not to preserve this church, he could disappear completely in the middle of the road, the biggest feature of the church that impressed me was its Inside, those above the ground, stone tablets engraved with text.
Just listening to the name of this church attracted me very much, along the map to find the past, finally saw this church behind a small street, the church is not big, I thought it was closed, but I didn't expect it to be used.
I think it's beautiful, the white mottled walls plus the big red roof, it seems to be very warm, it's a separate place, the church is not open when it goes, it's a pity.