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The Lighthouse Hotel, Galle, Sri Lanka
Photos: James Fennell A deep, yawning cavern on the southside of the main Galle – Matara road forms the principal ground floor entrance to the Lighthouse Hotel, one of Geoffrey Bawa’s last great architectural triumphs. The hotel was commissioned in 1995 by Herbert Cooray, chairman of the Jetwings travel company. Cooray’s father had worked as […]