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Detailed Information
- Place Types Tourist attraction
- Address Wolfendhal Ln, Colombo 01300, Sri Lanka
- Coordinate 6.9420848,79.859072
- Website http://www.crcsl.org/
- Rating 4
- Compound Code WVR5+RJ Colombo, Sri Lanka
Openning hours
- Monday 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
- Tuesday 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
- Wednesday 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
- Thursday 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
- Friday 8:30 AM – 1:30 PM
- Saturday 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM
- Sunday Closed
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Reviews
One of few historical buildings in Colombo. The church is need in repair, but it is interesting anyway. You can see crowds of local people. They seemingly enjoy the church services.
Landmark of colombo 13
One of the oldest church
Wolvendaal Church is located in Pettah, a neighbourhood of Colombo. It is one of the most important Dutch Colonial era buildings in Sri Lanka, and is one of the oldest Protestant churches still in use in the country.
Can be great interest point with better maintenance. Entrance is complicated to find (main gate closed, need to enter from the side door, through a strange way around the back.
Nevertheless is a beautiful church. Rarely have I seen a church with such a big wooden roof with loads of space. The altar is also very atypical, without all the decorations usually present on churches
Wolvendaal Church is the oldest Dutch church in Sri Lanka. This 1757 church is named as “A den of wolves”- what the Dutch called street jackals.The architecture of the Wolvendaal Church is in the form or a Greek cross and the walls of the church are at an intense thickness of 1.5 m. The real treasure of the church, however, is the beautiful Dutch furniture within. The high vaulted ceiling, solid walls and impressive furniture exudes an air of unforgotten history. The Dutch governors had a special pew designed out of carved ebony and the intricate workmanship of the wooden pulpit, lectern and baptismal front cannot go unnoticed as well. The stone flooring speaks a tale of its own; the tiles were made out of tombstones brought from the Dutch Church in the Fort back in 1817.
So those history enthusiasts will have much to explore within the fortress-like walls of the Wolvendaal Church. The solid architecture of the church, built centuries ago was designed to last and the church itself is well worth a visit. It remains, up to date, as the most significant Dutch building in all of Sri Lanka.
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