Sigiriya Lion Rock
N 07° 57.445 E 080° 45.601
44N E 473551 N 879597
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 180m high (the 'Lion's Rock', which dominates the jungle from all sides).
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Location: Sri Lanka
Date Posted: 01/30/2018
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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 180m high (the 'Lion's Rock', which dominates the jungle from all sides). A series of galleries and staircases emerging from the mouth of a gigantic lion constructed of bricks and plaster provide access to the site.
Kassapa has a fortress built on the top of the rock, he chooses the site of Sigiriya because of the immense rock rising to 370 meters with steep walls that plays the role of impressive walls and the presence to ten kilometers of a tank, water tank that had once dug his father Anurâdhapura Dhatusena.
The site, abandoned for a long time, is rehabilitated in the mid-twentieth century by the Sinhalese authorities.
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Type: Ruin
Fee: Normal 30USD, 3900 LKR; SAARC 1950 LKR
Hours:
The ancient site is open every day from 7:00AM to 5:30PM (last entrance at 5:00PM).
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