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Ancient City of Sigiriya
| Site number: | 202 |
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| Type of site: | Cultural | |
| Date: | 477–95 | |
| Date of Inscription: | 1982 | |
| Location: | Asia, Sri Lanka, Central Province, Matale District | |
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| Description: | The parricidal King Kassapa I (477–95) erected the capital at the summit and on the vertical slopes of a granite peak, now its ruins stand some 370 m high upon the 'Lion's Rock', which towers above the surrounding jungle. A string of galleries and staircases emerge from the mouth of a gigantic brick and plaster-constructed lion, which provides admittance to the site. --WHMNet paraphrase from the description at WHC Site, where additional information is available. For 360 degree imaging of this site, click here. | |
| Sigiriya is an archeological site in Central Sri Lanka. It contains the ruins of an ancient palace complex, built during the reign of King Kasyapa (477 – 495 AD). It is one of the seven World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka and is one of its most popular tourist destinations. --Wikipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. For 360 degree imaging of this site, click here. | ||
| Rights of Image: | www.World-Heritage-Tour.org | |
| Source: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/202 | |
| Reference: | 1. UNESCO World Heritage Center, Site Page. | |