It is also a tale of craftsmanship and sensuous art, the legacy of which still holds people in awe, more than 15 centuries later. All about Sigiriya and more will now be available to “discerning” ...

1. Proposed expansion of the military airport: The national authorities responsible for the protection of the site through the Sri Lankan Ambassador to UNESCO informed the World Heritage Centre in ...

Amongst the comprehensive information and various recommendations presented in the report, ICOMOS experts noted that the area surrounding the rock of the outer moat at the Ancient City of Sigiriya ...

The ruins of the capital built by the parricidal King Kassapa I (477–95) lie on the steep slopes and at the summit of a granite peak standing some 370 m high (the 'Lion's Rock', which dominates the ...

Sigiriya or Lion Rock is a 180-meter-high column of reddish-colored rock near Dambulla where King Kassapa (around 477 AD) wanted to build his new capital. The landscape all around Sigiriya is flat ...

The map below shows the location of Kandy and Sigiriya. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, came in at No. 1. Booking.com recently released its 13th annual Traveler Review Awards, unveiling the "Most Welcoming Places" worldwide to visit in 2025. Ratings for the list ...