Sri Lanka About Blog Established in 1975, Steuart Holidays, a pioneer in the Travel and Tourism Industry, is a subsidiary of the oldest mercantile establishment in Sri Lanka. (blog.feedspot.com)
The old mercantile city had been branded with Stalin's indelible stamp; it was now a metropolis of bronze bas - reliefs of giant steelworkers with bulging forearms, of cast - iron tributes to collective farmers brandishing sixteen - foot scythes, of statues of Lenin six stories high. (scientificamerican.com)
It was also declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998 because «the nature and quality of its architecture and of its outstanding quality as a public open space -LSB-...] illustrates in an exceptional way the evolution and achievements of a highly successful mercantile city of northern Europe at the height of its prosperity.» (traveltoblank.com)