Sigiriya in central Sri Lanka rises as a vast lion rock fortress, where a fifth-century royal palace, gardens and frescoes still shape the landscape. Bauhaus-Poster als geometrische Abstraktion von ...

The village of Sigiriya is mentioned in the 16th century book of Sinhala verse titled Mandarampura-puvata. From then on, the site seems to have disappeared from the public record until its rediscovery ...

Sigiriya (Lion's rock) is a large stone and ancient rock fortress and palace ruin in the central Matale District of Sri Lanka, surrounded by the remains of an extensive network of gardens, reservoirs, ...

Sigiriya stands in Sri Lanka’s Central Province, near the town of Dambulla, where a massive column of granite rises abruptly from the plain.massive column of granite The rock reaches roughly 180 m ...

Rising abruptly from the plains of central Sri Lanka is a single massive column of hardened rock, and perched on its flat summit are the remains of a royal citadel built more than 1,500 years ago.

Harking back, Dr. Mohan Abeyratne talks of the incident where vandals splashed tar over the frescoes. A shocked nation stood aghast, while then Commissioner of Archaeology, Raja de Silva, launched a ...

Sigiriya, considered to be one of the most valuable historical monuments in Sri Lanka, has long been renowned as an architectural wonder of urban planning and engineering, and a UNESCO world heritage ...