Archaeological site
Ancient City of Polonnaruwa
The second ancient capital of Sri Lanka and the site of the finest medieval Buddhist sculpture in the…
Region
Sri Lanka
16 places
Area
Anuradhapura
Sri Lanka's first great capital and centre of Theravada Buddhism, Anuradhapura spans 100+ km of ancient temples and…
Area
Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
A mountain sanctuary of rain forests and cloud forests rising to 2,500 metres, protecting endemic species found nowhere…
Building
Colombo Town Hall
Known to Colombo residents as the “White House,” the Colombo Town Hall is the defining civic monument of…
Galle Face Hotel, Colombo
Asia's oldest grand hotel east of Suez - checkerboard verandahs on the Indian Ocean where Chekhov, Bowie, and…
Zone
Galle Fort
The best-preserved example of a European colonial fortified port in South and South-East Asia — a 36-hectare basalt-and-coral-stone…
Monument
Golden Temple of Dambulla
The finest Buddhist cave shrine complex in South Asia — five cave-temples carved into a 160-metre granite massif…
Area
Horton Plains National Park
A montane plateau at 2,100–2,300 metres in Sri Lanka's central highlands, where cloud forests and grasslands harbour endemic…
Independence Memorial Hall
Built in the form of an ancient Kandyan throne room, this Colombo landmark is where the Sri Lankan…
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