Here is what you need to know about climbing to Sigiriya, the 200-metre-high city fortress in Sri Lanka Here is what you need to know about climbing to Sigiriya, the 200-metre-high city fortress in ...

Sigiriya has been crowned the world’s most welcoming city for 2025 by Booking.com, based on over 360 million of its verified customer reviews. The online travel agency (OTA) named Sigiriya as a ...

Over 1950 years ago, the Sigiriya Lion Rock was a magnificent palace hideaway for a king. Sigiriya Rock Fortress has many legends and tales surrounding it. History records that it was the magnificent, ...

Focusing on the epic and emptional tale of King Kashyapa, ‘Si Raja’ the latest historical teledrama series is now being telecast on Swarnavahini television channel. The series features a line-up of ...

The fortress, as seen from from Sigiriya tank (a man-made lake). Photo / Leigh Noble He was a murderous 5th Century AD monarch and a man with audacious architectural ambitions. At first glance it ...

The Sigiriya the rock fortress, which was built during King Kasyapa’s reign, is a world heritage city. However this heritage city has turned into a squalid town much to the dismay of the residents of ...

A stunning lost city was discovered on the very top of giant rock - leaving archaeologists absolutely baffled. The ruins of the lost city of Sigiriya in the heart of Sri Lanka have become something of ...

Imagine, if you will, a sky-high fortress shrouded in juicy, blood curdling scandal. There is no wonder why UNESCO named the fortress city of Sigiriya one of Sri Lanka’s seven World Heritage Sites.

An ancient rock fortress that sits atop a stone plateau is a site of both archaeological and historical significance. The site consists of a palace with a massive column of granite roughly 590ft high ...

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