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Heritage & History (20)

Heritage & History

Ancient Deegawapiya

Eastern Province, Ampara

Deegawapiya is one of the sixteen holiest Buddhist pilgrimage sites (solosmasthana) in Sri Lanka, believed to have been...

Heritage & History

Bowattegala Monastery

Eastern Province, Ampara

Bowattegala is an ancient rock monastery in the Ampara District featuring cave dwellings, rock inscriptions, and remnant...

Heritage & History

Kudumbigala Monastery

Eastern Province, Ampara

Kudumbigala is a 2nd-century BC forest monastery perched atop a dramatic rocky hill near Kumana National Park. Over 200...

Heritage & History

Ancient Veheragala of Pulukunawa

Eastern Province, Ampara

Veheragala of Pulukunawa is an ancient Buddhist monastery site in the Ampara District, featuring a well-preserved dagoba...

Heritage & History

Kotaveheragala

Eastern Province, Ampara

Kotaveheragala is a small archaeological site in the Ampara District featuring the remains of an ancient dagoba and asso...

Heritage & History

Yapahuwa Rock Fortress

North Western Province, Kurunegala

Yapahuwa is a 13th-century rock fortress that served briefly as the capital of Sri Lanka under King Bhuvanekabahu I (127...

Heritage & History

Beruwala Light House

Western Province, Beruwala

Barberyn Lighthouse, located on a small rocky island off Beruwala on Sri Lanka's southwestern coast, is one of the islan...

Heritage & History

Richmond Castle

Western Province, Kalutara

Richmond Castle in Kalutara is a grand colonial-era mansion built in 1896 by a wealthy regional governor, Mudaliyar Nana...

Tomb of Vijaya Heritage & History

Tomb of Vijaya

North Western Province, Panduwasnuwara

Imagine standing atop a forested hillock in Sri Lanka's North Western Province, gazing at the Tomb of Vijaya—a stupa-sha...

Old Colombo Dutch Hospital Heritage & History

Old Colombo Dutch Hospital

Western Province, Colombo

Step into Colombo's colonial past at the Old Dutch Hospital, one of the city's oldest surviving structures dating back t...

Galle Fort Heritage & History

Galle Fort

Southern Province, Galle

Step into Galle Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Sri Lanka's southwest coast, where 400 years of colonial history u...

Gamini-Thissa Monastery Complex Heritage & History

Gamini-Thissa Monastery Complex

Eastern Province, Uhana

The Gamini-Thissa Monastery Complex stands as a remarkable window into Sri Lanka's ancient Buddhist heritage, dating bac...

Buddhangala Monastery Heritage & History

Buddhangala Monastery

Eastern Province, Ampara

Nestled deep in the jungles just 7 kilometres off Ampara in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province, Buddhangala Monastery offers a...

Kudagala Forest Reserve & Monastery Heritage & History

Kudagala Forest Reserve & Monastery

Eastern Province, Dehiattakandiya

Nestled in Dehiattakandiya in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province, Kudagala Forest Reserve & Monastery—known as Kuda-Sigiriya—i...

Delft Island Fort Heritage & History

Delft Island Fort

Northern Province, Jaffna

Delft Island Fort ruins on Neduntheevu island in Sri Lanka's Northern Province offer a captivating glimpse into Portugue...

Gonagolla Vihara Heritage & History

Gonagolla Vihara

Eastern Province, Ampara

Gonagolla Vihara, known locally as Punchi Seegiriya, is an ancient cave temple in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province boasting...

Omunugala Cave Monastery Heritage & History

Omunugala Cave Monastery

Eastern Province, Ampara

Omunugala Cave Monastery, tucked away in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province near Ampara, is an ancient marvel dating back to t...

Nagapabbatha Monastery Heritage & History

Nagapabbatha Monastery

Eastern Province, Bambaragasthalawa

Tucked away in Sri Lanka's Eastern Province, Nagapabbatha Monastery offers a serene escape into ancient history amid the...

Colombo Lighthouse Heritage & History

Colombo Lighthouse

Western Province, Colombo

Perched at Galbokka Point in Colombo Fort, the Colombo Lighthouse stands as a striking 29-metre landmark with its black...

Sigiriya Lion Rock Heritage & History

Sigiriya Lion Rock

Central Province, Sigiriya

Sigiriya Lion Rock rises nearly 200 metres from Sri Lanka's Central Province jungle plain, an ancient fortress built by...