Sigiriya (Sinhala. සීගිරිය, there. சிகிரியா - “Lion's Rock”) is a rocky plateau, rising to 370 meters above sea level and about 170 meters above the surrounding plain in the very center of the island of Sri Lanka. Since 1982, Sigiriya is under the protection of UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
In the last quarter of the 5th century AD e. King Kassapa made an impregnable fortress and his palaces around which were filled with water ditches on a rock. Endless gardens were laid out around the cliffs, in which nearly the world's first fountains were beating (they function to this day). The monumental Lion Gate led to the top of the plateau.
From the giant figure of a lion carved into the rock, the mouth of which once served as the entrance to the fortress, only the paws survived. There is a legend that the king built the entrance to the fortress in the form of a lion's head and paws in fear for Ravana (the leader of the Raksas demons), the former mythical ruler of Sri Lanka. Kassapa believed that when Ravana returned, he would see that the plateau was occupied by his palace, and an awesome lion would not allow God to claim his former place.
The ascent to the Lion Rock is the second item on the first day of the three-day individual tour "Ancient Capitals" from V-Travel. From the top, just awesome views open. Also on the rock there is a gallery of ancient Lankan frescoes (which cannot be removed, but we did it), and on the way back we met a snake charmer who performed for us a mini-performance with an Indian cobra.
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