Galle (Sinhala: ගාල්ල, romanized: Gālla; Tamil: காலி, romanized: Kāli) (formerly French: Point de Galle) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, 119 km (74 mi) from Colombo.

Émile Gallé (French pronunciation: [emil ɡale]; 4 May 1846 in Nancy – 23 September 1904 in Nancy) [1] was a French artist and designer who worked in glass, and is considered to be one of the major innovators in the French Art Nouveau movement.

Perched on Sri Lanka’s southwest coast, Galle wears its history on its sleeve. Windswept beaches and nodding palms surround its colonial-era showpiece, a 16th-century Portuguese-built fort, while the rest of the city is trimmed with Dutch-style houses, quirky shops, whitewashed mansions, and heritage museums.

Émile Gallé (born May 8, 1846, Nancy, France—died Sept. 23, 1904, Nancy) was a celebrated French designer and pioneer in technical innovations in glass. He was a leading initiator of the Art Nouveau style and of the modern renaissance of French art glass.

Galle is a jewel. A Unesco World Heritage Site, this historic city is a delight to explore on foot, an endlessly exotic old trading port blessed with imposing Dutch-colonial buildings, ancient mosques and churches, grand mansions and museums.

Sep 24, 2023 · This full-day Galle tour takes you through the streets and attractions of Galle Fort with a local guide and the Martin Wickramasighne Folk Art Museum (south of Galle Fort).

Galle is magical: the most perfectly preserved colonial town in Sri Lanka, and an atmospheric piece of time-warped island history. Streets of low-slung Dutch villas are hemmed in by massive coral bastions and the waves of the Indian Ocean break just beyond.

Sep 13, 2019 · Galle, on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, is where heritage has become hip. This atmospheric small city is one of the country's eight UNESCO World Heritage Sites, …

Emile Galle was one of the most important jewelry, furniture, and art glass makers of the late 19th and early 20th century. Like most artists... You never want to rely solely on marks to identify a Galle vase. But, it never hurts to be able to recognize an authentic mark. Our guide has....

Gallé was not only the most famous artist of the école de Nancy but he was also a bright manufacturer. He helped in his father's glass compagny as soon as 1867. And replaced him in 1877 as director. In 1885, he founded a wood workshop and in 1894, a cristal firm in Nancy.