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Jubilee
Post (Sinhala: ජුබිලි
කණුව) Nugegoda is
a
commemorative
marker,
at
the
intersection
of
Stanley
Thilakarathne
Mawatha
(B120)
and
Old
Kottawa
Road,
formerly
King
George
Avenue
(B291),
recognising
the Golden
Jubilee
of
Queen
Victoria in
1887.[1] The
post
was
initially
erected
on
the
road
verge
but
was
subsequently
relocated
to
the
middle
of
the
intersection.[2][3] It
was
moved
again
in
2020
when
the
intersection
was
upgraded.[4]
The
post
is
approximately
1.2 m
(3 ft
11 in)
high
and
is
fixed
to
a
rectangular
base,
52 cm
(20 in)
by
34 cm
(13 in)
and
26 cm
(10 in)
tall.
The
inscriptions
on
the
post
are
in English and Sinhalese.[5]
It
is
maintained
by
the Sri
Jayawardenapura
Kotte
Municipal
Council,
who
have
painted
the
post
white.[6] On
8
July
2005
it
was
gazetted
as
an archaeological
protected
monument by
the
government.[7]
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