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| Location | Sri Lanka |
| Adjacent to | Indian Ocean |
Taprobane Island, originally called "Galduwa" ("Rock Island" in Sinhalese), is a private island with one villa, located just off the southern coast of Sri Lanka opposite the village of Weligama. The island was re-named after the old Greek word for Sri Lanka, by its most famous owner, the (self-titled) Count de Mauny, (born Maurice Talvande), who fell in love with it after a search for an earthy paradise. He built its villa and replanted the island to create a private eden. The islet passed on to the American author and composer Paul Bowles and then the Sri Lankan born former UN Chief Prosecutor Sir Desmond Lorenz de Silva before it came to the ownership of the Australian businessman Geoffrey Dobbs.
Notable people who stayed on Taprobane include Dutch author Peter ten Hoopen, who spent a month there in 1984 during civil unrest on the mainland, as well as Kylie Minogue, who composed a song about the island inspired by her stay titled "Taprobane (Extraordinary Day)". It had inspired Jason Kouchak to compose "Dark Island" in his 1999 album Watercolours. 5°58′04″N 80°25′32″E / 5.96778°N 80.42556°E / 5.96778; 80.42556
Literature
- William Warren; Jill Gocher (2007). Asia's legendary hotels: the romance of travel. Singapore: Periplus Editions. ISBN 978-0-7946-0174-4.
- Kim Inglis; Jacob Termansen; Pia Marie Molbech (2004). cool hotels: india, maldives, sri lanka. Singapore: Periplus Editions. ISBN 0-7946-0173-1.
References
- Ondaatje, Sir Christopher The Count haunts Taprobane,The Sri Lankan Anchorman, Toronto
- Top 10 private island holidays for private jet travellers, Jack Lockyer Accessed 2015-10-16
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