A three-kilometer bridge and causeway links Mannar Island to mainland Sri Lanka.
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The old fort at Mannar, Sri Lanka, was originally built by the Portuguese in 1560 and then rebuilt by the Dutch in 1658.
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This massive baobab tree at Pallimunai in Mannar, Sri Lanka, was planted by Arab traders in 1477. The tree is 7.5 meter high and has a circumference of 19.5 meters.
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A bridge between Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, Sri Lanka, was proposed in 1894 but never built. A ferry and train service operated here from 1914 to 1984, terminating near the Talaimannar lighthouse on the Sri Lanka side.
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The Portuguese had a rectangular fort at Jaffna, Sri Lanka, as early as 1619, expanded to the current pentagonal fortress by the Dutch in 1658. The British used Jaffna Fort as their administrative garrison after 1795.
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