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===British-era buildings=== Much of the old buildings of the fort area and in other parts of the city date back to British times; these include governmental, commercial buildings, and private houses. Some of the notable government building of British colonial architecture includes the old Parliament building, which is now the [[Presidential Secretariat (Sri Lanka)|Presidential Secretariat]]; the [[Republic Building, Colombo|Republic Building]], which houses the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Sri Lanka)|Ministry of Foreign affairs]] but once housed the Ceylon Legislative council; the [[General Treasury Building]]; the old [[General Post Office, Colombo|General Post Office]], an Edwardian-style building opposite the President's House; the [[Prime Minister's Office (Colombo)|Prime Minister's Office]]; the [[Central Telegraph Office, Colombo|Central Telegraph Office]]; and the [[Old Royal College Building, Colombo|Mathematics department]] of the [[University of Colombo]] (formally the [[Royal College, Colombo]]).<ref name="cmb.ac.lk"/> Notable commercial buildings of the British era include the [[Galle Face Hotel]], Cargills and Millers' complex, and the [[Grand Oriental Hotel]].<ref name="oldCMB1"/><ref name="oldCMB2"/> <gallery widths="250px" heights="200px" caption=""> File:SL Colombo asv2020-01 img25 Cargills Building.jpg|The historical Cargills & Millers building continues as the headquarters of Cargills File:Old Parliament Building, Colombo.JPG|The [[Old Parliament Building, Colombo|Old Parliament Building]] near the Galle Face Green, now the [[Presidential Secretariat (Sri Lanka)|Presidential Secretariat]] File:SL Colombo asv2020-01 img10 National Museum.jpg|The [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical style]] [[Colombo National Museum]] </gallery>
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