කොළඹ පාර, රත්නපුරය, ශ්රී ලංකාව
The beautiful building known as “Ehelepola Walauwa” located at Ratnapura - Colombo road was opened for the public as a museum on 13th May 1988. It has exhibition rooms which contain prehistoric archaeological inventions, natural heritage, geological, anth ...
This building established during Sri Wickrama Rajasingha era was then known as “Palle Vahala” This was used as the palace where the Queens of the king lived. This building has been built according to the architectural features of Kandy period. This Pallev ...
Maritime Museum is the only museum which aware the public on marine biological and anthropological aspects of Southern coastal area. It is located in the Old Dutch ware house of the fort of Galle, built in 1671. The museum was open to the public on 9th Ma ...
From the beginning of Sri Lankan civilization till the present times for about 25 centuries, the service rendered by the Sri Lankans to uplift and sustain their political, economical, social, cultural and human freedom is immense. The challenges they brav ...
The Galle National Museum is established in the oldest Dutch building of the Galle fort, constructed in 1656. To aware the public on traditional cultural heritage of Southern Sri Lanka, the Department of National Museums developed this museum and opene ...
The oldest and largest Museum in the country, established 1877. Best known for collection of antiques and objects of art and the library of the museum has more than 4,000 palm leaf manuscripts. Among the exhibits are the regalia of the King of Kandy; anci ...
Anuradhapura Folk Museum was established in 22nd August 1971 as a provincial Museum under the Department of National Museums. The aim of this museum is to collect, conserve and exhibit the cultural and religious objects used by the folk community in Nuwar ...
Yapahuwa was one of the ephemeral capitals of medieval Sri Lanka. The citadel of Yapahuwa lying midway between Kurunagala and Anuradhapura was built around a huge granite rock rising abruptly almost a hundred meters above the surrounding lowlands. In 1 ...
The Ratnapura district, famous for its ancient tradition of gem-mining and cutting, has now become famous for a geological and natural wonder that is the limestone grotto of Vavulpane. The grottos consist of at least 12 caves of varying sizes. This is a m ...
This superb hybrid of Indian and British architecture was copied from the plans of an Indian Maharaja’s palace designed by a London architect. Richmond Castle in Kalutara is a two-storied building with 15 rooms. All the rooms are naturally air-conditioned ...
Sri Lanka is fortunate in possessing the largest natural cave in Asia. This cave is commonly known as Pahiyangala or Fahiyangala which was derived from the name Fa Hsien, for it appears that our 5th century Chinese pilgrim visited the cave during his two- ...
Maduwanwela Walawwa is a historical mansion located in upper South of Sri Lanka. Situated in the town Kolonne which lies between Embilipitiya and Suriyawewa in Ratnapura District, in a distance of 207 kilometres from the capital, Colombo, Maduwanwela Wala ...
This ancient house by the Bulankulame Wewa is believed to be the oldest house in Sri Lanka dating back almost 400 years. The first monsoon showers had started. The dried, cracked bed of the Bulankulame Wewa was filling with browned muddy rain water. I ...
The Bogoda wooden bridge was built in the 16th century during the Dambadeniya era. This is said to be the oldest surviving wooden bridge in the world.[citation needed] The bridge is situated at 13 km south of Badulla city, Sri Lanka. All parts of this bri ...
A Spacious Cave in a Massive Rock with Royal Secrets In and around the Kingdom of Sitawaka Rajasinghe are places of historical value closely connected, with the royalty from the early 5th century or beyond, when King Valagamba, with his enemies at hi ...
උත්තරීතර ශාන්ත බෙනඩික් ඇඩිශම් ආශ්රමය, හපුතලේ, ශ්රී ලංකාව
Adisham Hall, or Adisham Bungalow is a country house near Haputale, in the Badulla District, Sri Lanka. At present it houses the Adisham Monastery a congregation of St. Sylvester. The house was built in 1931 by an English aristocrat and planter Sir Tho ...
Vijithapura also known as Vijitha Nagara or Vijithagama was a fortress–city in ancient Sri Lanka. When Vijaya, the first recorded ruler of the country arrived from India, he brought a retinue of 700 with him. These followers spread throughout the country, ...
Fort Fredrick (Sinhala: ත්රිකුණාමලය බලකොටුව; Tamil: திருகோணமலை கோட்டை), also known as Trincomalee Fort or Fort of Triquillimale, is a fort built by Portuguese colonials at Trincomalee, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, completed in 1624 CE, built on Swami Roc ...
The Matara Fort (Sinhala: මාතර බලකොටුව) was built in 1560 by the Portuguese and was substantially re-built by the Dutch in 1640, following the capture of Galle. The fort, which consists of a large stone rampart, occupies the promontory, which separates th ...