St Mary's Church
West Coast · Negombo

St Mary's Church

One of Sri Lanka's largest churches, with ceilings hand-painted in the 1920s.

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St Mary's Church

Negombo is nicknamed 'Little Rome' for its dense scattering of Catholic churches. St Mary's is the grandest — a neo-classical basilica whose vaulted interior is covered in vivid biblical murals by Sri Lankan artist Tilak.

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