| 词条 | Nuwara Eliya Post Office |
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| name = Nuwara Eliya Post Office | native_name = නුවර එළිය තැපැල් කාර්යාලය | former_names = | alternate_names = | image = Nuwara Eliya Post Office (2).jpg | alt = | caption = The Nuwara Eliya Post Office | map_type = | map_alt = | map_caption = | altitude = | building_type = | architectural_style = Tudor Revival | structural_system = | cost = | client = Sri Lanka Post | owner = | current_tenants = | landlord = | location = | address = | location_town = Nuwara Eliya | location_country = Sri Lanka | coordinates = {{coord|6.971593|80.7663864|display=inline}} | start_date = | completion_date = | inauguration_date = 1894 | renovation_date = | demolition_date = | destruction_date = | height = | diameter = | floor_count = | floor_area = | main_contractor = | architect = | architecture_firm = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | civil_engineer = | awards = | url = | references = }} The Nuwara Eliya Post Office ({{lang-si|නුවර එළිය තැපැල් කාර්යාලය}}) is located in the centre of Nuwara Eliya and is one of the oldest post offices in Sri Lanka.[1] BuildingThe Tudor-style two-storey red-brick building[2] with a clock spire, was constructed in 1894 by the British.[3] In 2012 the former living quarters of the post master, on the upper floor of the post office, was converted into tourist accommodation.[4] On the 26 December 1990 Sri Lanka Post issued a Rs. 10 stamp with a photograph of the Post Office, to commemorate World Postal Day.[5][6] In June 2017 the United Postal Trade Union went on a three-day strike in order to stop the government's plans to sell the Nuwara Eliya, Kandy and Galle Fort post offices to private developers, in order for the buildings be converted into hotels.[7][8] See also
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References1. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.island.lk/index.php?page_cat=article-details&page=article-details&code_title=49866|title=British want to understand all parts of Sri Lanka|newspaper=Ceylon Today|date=18 April 2012|accessdate=18 November 2015}} {{Nuwara Eliya |state=collapsed}}{{Coord|6.971593|N|80.7663864|E|display=title}}2. ^{{cite book|title=Architecture and Nationalism: The Trouser under the Cloth|last=Pieris|first=Anthony|date=2013|publisher=Routledge|page=45|isbn=978-0-415-63002-3}} 3. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2524911731.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220221659/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2524911731.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=20 February 2016|title=The Nuwara Eliya Clock Tower, now an Abandoned Heritage|newspaper=Daily Mirror|date=2 December 2011|accessdate=18 November 2015}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2012/11/18/new46.asp|title=Postal Holiday Bungalow in Nuwara Eliya|newspaper=Sunday Observer|date=18 November 2012|first=Mohammed|last=Naalir|accessdate=18 November 2015}} 5. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/980308/mirror4.html|title=The Early Days|newspaper=The Sunday Times|date=8 March 1988|accessdate=18 November 2015}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://colnect.com/en/stamps/stamp/526911-Nuwara_Eliya_Post_Office_1894-Sri_Lanka_Postal_Service-Sri_Lanka_Ceylon|title=Nuwara Eliya Post Office 1894|publisher=Colnect.com|accessdate=18 November 2015}} 7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2017/06/30/local/120565/postal-strike-ends|title=Postal strike ends|newspaper=The Daily News|first=Upali|last=Karunaratne|date=30 June 2017|accessdate=5 June 2018}} 8. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/article/Indefinite-postal-strike-from-midnight-131644.html|title=Indefinite postal strike from midnight |newspaper=Daily Mirror|first=Thilanka|last=Kanakarathna|date=26 June 2017|accessdate=5 June 2018}} 4 : Post office buildings in Sri Lanka|Buildings and structures in Nuwara Eliya|British colonial architecture in Sri Lanka|Archaeological protected monuments in Nuwara Eliya District |
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