ICOMOS recommended that this be officially included in the protected area and that the World Heritage Committee be officially notified of the boundaries of the Ancient City of Sigiriya site. ICOMOS ...
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This Asian Destination Was Named the Most Welcoming in the World — and It's Called the '8th Wonder of the World' by LocalsThe town is renowned for the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Sigiriya Rock Fortress, a formidable landmark rising 1,200 feet above the landscape. This ancient fortress, which served as a royal capital ...
Sudarshan Seneviratne, explaining its many-layered history. Sigiriya, in addition to being a World Heritage Site, is also one of the very few large secular sites with an unbroken history from 5,000 BC ...
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 ...
Dr. Taleb Rifai Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) World Tourism Organisation was in Sigiriya this week for a brief tour. Unfortunately he will not be impressed with what he saw Ananda said.
The national authorities responsible for the protection of the site through the Sri Lankan Ambassador to UNESCO informed the World Heritage Centre in February 2001, on the plans for the construction ...
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