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Echelon Barracks

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Type
  
Headquarters building

In use
  
1880s – 1970s

Built
  
1880s

Garrison
  
Sri Lanka Artillery

Echelon Barracks

Similar
  
Old Colombo Dutch Ho, Old Parliament Building, Colombo Dutch Museum, President's House - Colombo, Grand Oriental Hotel

Echelon Barracks was a former military barracks situated in Colombo Fort, Colombo. It was occupied by the newly formed Ceylon Army following independence.

History

Built during the late nineteenth century as headquarters of the British Army Garrison of Ceylon, the camp was made up of a two-storey barrack blocks, with wide verandahs, formed a square around a parade ground large enough for several football and hockey pitches. This parade ground gained the name Echelon Square and adjoined the then old Parliament (now the Presidential Secretariat). Until 1963 it was the regimental headquarters of the Ceylon Artillery and housed the Ministry of Defence. In the early 1970s the barracks were demolished to make way for commercial development.

Since 1977 the World Trade Centre, Colombo has stood in Echelon Square.

References

Echelon Barracks Wikipedia


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