Sigiriya Dambulla Day Excursion

Early in the morning Transfer to Sigiriya. Climbing Mount Sigiriya, on top of which in the V century. It Was postroRn palace of King Kassapa, who ruled for 17 years (477-495 gg.). Palaces uy th complex, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1982, it is one of the most skillful and well-preserved objects of town planning in South Asia of the 1st millennium. BC. Mountain fortress of Sigiriya, towering 200m above the surrounding plains, has incomparable beauty. Sigiriya is a unique primerzemleplanirovaniya, arhitekrury, engineering, park culture, aquatic plants and art V century. Here are found everywhere on the ruins kolosalnyh in size sculptures; dozens of carved in the rock terraces and stairs, remnants of rooms, walls and deep pools, hundreds of square meters of bright, despite his age frescoes, scenic rocky grottos, arbors, and dozens of other ancient structures, attract thousands of people from around the world. At the foot of Sigiriya, the site of a triple ring of defensive ditches and royal baths, stretch beautiful "water gardens" the oldest in Asia.

After lunch, visit the cave temple complex in Dambulla, which was built by King Valagambahu and given to Buddhist monks in the 1st century BC The temple, located in Dambulla, "Damullu Rangiri Viharaya" or "Golden Temple" is a World Heritage Site and the most spectacular cave m and tungsten complex in Sri Lanka. It consists of five caves in total more than 2,000 square meters Quancheng Square, Painted walls, ceiling, containing over 150 Buddha statues, one of which, the largest, bears the s rock and imeetdlinnu 14 meters. Return to hotel.

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