Arcadia, Diyatalawa (original) (raw)
Arcadia is a country house in Diyatalawa, in the Badulla District, Sri Lanka. It is known for being the country house of the press baron D.R. Wijewardene. Built by British planter, G. M. Crabbe, the house and tea estate which was also called Arcadia was sold to D. R. Wijewardene in 1932 following the 1930 - 1932 economic crisis triggered by a steep drop in tea prices. Wijewardene expanded the house and added a landscaped garden. Wijewardene used Arcadia as a holiday retreat and to host distinguished guests during weekends, notably Lord Soulbury, Sir Fredrick Rees and Fredrick Burns who were members of the Soulbury Commission. On recommendations of the Soulbury Commission, Sri Lanka gained dominion status and independence in 1948. The house which remained in the Wijewardene family was used
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| dbo:abstract | Arcadia is a country house in Diyatalawa, in the Badulla District, Sri Lanka. It is known for being the country house of the press baron D.R. Wijewardene. Built by British planter, G. M. Crabbe, the house and tea estate which was also called Arcadia was sold to D. R. Wijewardene in 1932 following the 1930 - 1932 economic crisis triggered by a steep drop in tea prices. Wijewardene expanded the house and added a landscaped garden. Wijewardene used Arcadia as a holiday retreat and to host distinguished guests during weekends, notably Lord Soulbury, Sir Fredrick Rees and Fredrick Burns who were members of the Soulbury Commission. On recommendations of the Soulbury Commission, Sri Lanka gained dominion status and independence in 1948. The house which remained in the Wijewardene family was used by family members such as Ray Wijewardene. (en) |
| dbo:alternativeName | Arcadia Estate (en) |
| dbo:architecturalStyle | dbr:Tudor_architecture |
| dbo:formerName | Arcadia (en) |
| dbo:location | dbr:Diyatalawa |
| dbo:wikiPageID | 61869794 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageLength | 3330 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger) |
| dbo:wikiPageRevisionID | 1097897326 (xsd:integer) |
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| dbp:alternateNames | Arcadia Estate (en) |
| dbp:architecturalStyle | dbr:Tudor_architecture |
| dbp:formerNames | Arcadia (en) |
| dbp:location | Diyatalawa, Sri Lanka (en) |
| dbp:name | Arcadia (en) |
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| dcterms:subject | dbc:Country_houses_in_Sri_Lanka dbc:Houses_completed_in_1931 dbc:Houses_in_Badulla_District dbc:Manor_houses_in_Sri_Lanka dbc:Wijewardena_family |
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| rdfs:comment | Arcadia is a country house in Diyatalawa, in the Badulla District, Sri Lanka. It is known for being the country house of the press baron D.R. Wijewardene. Built by British planter, G. M. Crabbe, the house and tea estate which was also called Arcadia was sold to D. R. Wijewardene in 1932 following the 1930 - 1932 economic crisis triggered by a steep drop in tea prices. Wijewardene expanded the house and added a landscaped garden. Wijewardene used Arcadia as a holiday retreat and to host distinguished guests during weekends, notably Lord Soulbury, Sir Fredrick Rees and Fredrick Burns who were members of the Soulbury Commission. On recommendations of the Soulbury Commission, Sri Lanka gained dominion status and independence in 1948. The house which remained in the Wijewardene family was used (en) |
| rdfs:label | Arcadia, Diyatalawa (en) |
| owl:sameAs | wikidata:Arcadia, Diyatalawa http://my.dbpedia.org/resource/အာကဒီယာ https://global.dbpedia.org/id/C1z2K |
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| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf | wikipedia-en:Arcadia,_Diyatalawa |
| foaf:name | Arcadia (en) |
| is dbo:residence of | dbr:D._R._Wijewardena |
| is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of | dbr:Wijewardene_family dbr:Colonial_era_mansions_of_Sri_Lanka dbr:Adisham_Hall dbr:D._R._Wijewardena dbr:Diyatalawa |
| is dbp:estate of | dbr:Wijewardene_family |
| is dbp:residence of | dbr:D._R._Wijewardena |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of | wikipedia-en:Arcadia,_Diyatalawa |