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Kurunegala Clock Tower

Kurunegala Clock Tower, Clock tower in Kurunegala, Sri Lanka.

The Kurunegala Clock Tower stands as a quadrangular granite structure resembling a fortress, featuring concrete and wooden stairs that lead to the clock mechanism housed at the top.

Built in 1922 as a memorial to eleven soldiers from the North Western Province who died in World War I, the tower was later dedicated to honor those who perished in World War II.

The tower carries memorial inscriptions in English, Sinhala and Tamil, and the Sinhala article notes it as the only war memorial with texts in both Sinhala and Tamil. Three of the four lower doorways hold plaques giving the tower's purpose and the names of the dead; the year 1922 is carved on all four sides near the top.

Located near the Kurunegala Court of Law, Central Market, and central bus station, the tower provides easy access for visitors and serves as a navigation landmark within the city center.

The tower is described as older than Colombo's war memorial, and as the only war memorial carrying inscriptions in both Sinhala and Tamil, though the Colombo memorial is noted to have two Sinhala and Tamil words. Its lower part has four doorways facing the cardinal directions, three bearing plaques with the tower's purpose and the names of the dead.

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