卡尔皮蒂耶

Kalpitiya

普塔勒姆泻湖和印度洋之间棕榈树环绕的狭窄半岛，以观赏海豚、风筝冲浪和历史悠久的天主教圣地而闻名。

概述

卡尔皮蒂耶是一个细长的半岛和渔镇，向北延伸到平静、红树林环绕的普塔拉姆泻湖和开阔的印度洋之间。这里曾经是一片寂静的椰子庄园和渔村，如今由于其浅泻湖上稳定的季风而成为斯里兰卡观赏海豚和鲸鱼的顶级地点之一以及世界一流的风筝冲浪目的地。该半岛还拥有卡尔皮蒂亚镇的古老荷兰堡垒和塔拉维拉备受喜爱的圣安妮神社，而安静的海滩和近海沙洲则吸引着那些寻求缓慢海岸的游客。

历史

The peninsula was an important point on ancient Indian Ocean trade and pearl-fishing routes and passed through Portuguese and Dutch hands, the latter building a small fort and church at Kalpitiya in the 17th century to guard the entrance to the Puttalam Lagoon. Catholic missionaries active on the coast from the early 1600s founded the shrine of St. Anne at Talawila, which grew into one of the island's largest pilgrimage sites. In recent decades tourism built on kitesurfing and marine-mammal watching has transformed the local economy.