The Mirror Wall and spiral staircases

The spiral staircases (one for going up, one for going down) to the overhang to the murals of the Damsels. The nearer staircase is made of cast iron and was erected by the British in Victorian times.

Sri Lanka 2013 Blog 3 Heritance Kandalama to Kandy via Sigiriya

December 5th 2013
Note: if you double click on any of the pictures you will be transferred to the picture gallery where they will be enlarged to half page size. Monday 2nd December: we checked out of the Heritance Hotel at 10am heading for Kandy via the World Heritage site of Sigiriya, an amazing palace complex perched on a rock outcrop and one of Sri Lanka’s most iconic places. It took only ha ... read more

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The Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced beginning in about the mid-third century B.C., and a great civilization developed at the cities of Anuradhapura (kingdom from circa... ... read more

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