斯里兰卡最大的天主教堂之一，其巨大的中殿顶部饰有色彩丰富的天花板。

概述

圣玛丽教堂是尼甘布众多天主教教堂中最宏伟的一座，也是该国最大的教堂之一。在其雄伟的新古典主义外观后面是一个高耸的中殿，其天花板上覆盖着生动的宗教绘画，描绘了圣经场景和圣人。作为一个绰号为“小罗马”的天主教小镇的精神中心，它吸引着信徒和游客，在节日和复活节游行期间尤其活跃。

历史

Negombo's large Catholic community dates to Portuguese missionary work along the cinnamon coast in the 16th and 17th centuries. St Mary's Church was built over several decades in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, its interior ceiling paintings executed by local artists, cementing the town's reputation as a stronghold of Sri Lankan Catholicism.