Tintagel Colombo is a

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and the former town residence of the

Bandaranaike family The Bandaranaike family is a Sinhalese family prominent in Sri Lankan politics. The family includes three prime ministers and one President of Sri Lanka. History The Bandaranayaka family is claimed to originate from Nilaperumal Pandaram, wh ...

. The hotel is situated in Rosmead Place in

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History

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designed the Tintagel Colombo in 1929 for gynecologist Dr. Lucian de Zilwa. During World War II, Dr. de Zilwa was asked to vacate the house within seven days by the British military in order to house hundreds of soldiers. Having seen the military occupation had damaged the house, Dr. de Zilwa sold the house to Sir

Solomon Dias Bandaranaike Sir Solomon Dias Abeywickrema Jayatilleke Senewiratna Rajakumaruna Kadukeralu Bandaranaike, ( Sinhala: සොලමන් ඩයස් අබේවික්‍රම ජයතිලක සෙනෙවිරත්න රාජකුමාරු ...

for Rs. 160,000. Later Sir Solomon's son,

S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Solomon West Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (8 January 1899 – 26 September 1959), also known as "The Silver Bell of Asia" (ආසියාවේ රිදී සීනුව), was a Sri Lankan statesman who served as the fourth Prime Minister of ...

occupied the house. S. W. R. D. became the prime minister in 1956 and was shot on the verandah of the house in 1959. His widow,

Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike (; ; ; 17 April 1916 – 10 October 2000), commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan politician. She was the List of elected and appointed female heads of state and government, world's first fe ...

became the first female prime minister of the world in 1960. She continued to live in the house during her two other ministries, in 1970 and in 1994, up until her death in 2000.

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Shanth Fernando of Paradise Road Hotels took over the house in 2005 and converted it to a boutique hotel.

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and

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stayed at the hotel during their Sri Lankan visit in 2013. The hotel consists of 10 suites and two restaurants, the Courtyard and the Red Bar. The library of the house contains 6,000 books including 5,000 leather-bound volumes.

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{{Sirimavo Bandaranaike 1929 establishments in Ceylon Hotels in Colombo Houses in Colombo Hotels established in 2005 Boutique hotels in Sri Lanka

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