Showing posts with label Rock Fortress. Show all posts
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Saturday, January 24, 2015

Sigiriya, The Sri Lankan Heritage

Being a Rock fortress, a Sacred place Sigiriya or the Lion’s Rock is one of the most incredible place in Sri Lanka, which is located in the Dambulla District. It was built by king kassapa in fifth century. Sigiriya shows a marvelous example of the architecture,gardening,engineering ,hydraulic technology and art. All these things situated on a rock which is like a mountain with height of 200 meters. Sigiriya was included in the world heritage sites in 1982.

Photo source : amazing asia

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