යාපහුව

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යාපහුව, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

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 ...

වවුල්පනේ හුණුගල් ගුහාව

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රත්නපුරය, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

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 ...

රිච්මන්ඩ් මාළිගාව

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කළුතර, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

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 ...

පාහියන්ගල (ෆාහියන් ගුහාව)

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පාහියන්ගල, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

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- ...

මඩුවන්වෙල වලවිව

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මඩුවන්වෙල, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

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 ...

බුලන්කුලමේ වලව්ව

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බුලන්කුලම, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

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 ...

බෝගොඩ පාලම

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බෝගොඩ, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

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 ...

අලිවත්ත

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සීතාවක, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

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 ...

ඇඩිශම් බන්ගලාව‍

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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 ...

දුටුගැමුණු විජිතපුර කොටුව

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අනුරාධපුරය, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

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, ...

ත්‍රිකුණාමලය කොටුව

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ත්‍රිකුණාමලය, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

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 ...

මාතර කොටුව

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මාතර, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

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 ...

යාපනය කොටුව

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යාපනය, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

Jaffna Fort (Sinhala: යාපනය බලකොටුව; Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணக் கோட்டை) is a fort built by the Portuguese at Jaffna, Sri Lanka in 1618 under Philip De Olivera following the Portuguese invasion of Jaffna. It was captured by the Dutch under Raiclop Van Goins in 165 ...

ගාල්ල කොටුව

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ගාල්ල, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

Galle Fort, in the Bay of Galle on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, was built first in 1588 by the Portuguese, then extensively fortified by the Dutch during the 17th century from 1649 onwards. It is a historical, archaeological and architectural heritag ...

කොළඹ කොටුව

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කොළඹ, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

Fort is the central business district of Colombo in Sri Lanka. It is the financial district of Colombo and the location of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) and the World Trade Centre of Colombo from which the CSE operates. It is also the location of the B ...

දෙවිනුවර වැවුරුකන්නල විහාරය

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දෙවිනුවර, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

15 miles east of Matara is the town of Dikwella, where there is one of the most amazing Buddhist temples in Sri Lanka. The Wewurukannala Vihara temple is dominated by an image of a seated Buddha. It is 160ft high, the largest statue in all of Sri Lanka an ...

වැලිගම

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වැලිගම, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

Weligama is a town on the south coast of Sri Lanka, located in Matara District, Southern Province, Sri Lanka, governed by an Urban Council. The name Weligama, literally means "sandy village" which refers to the area's sandy sweep bay. It is approximately ...

දොන්ද්‍රා

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දොන්ද්‍රා, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

Dondra Head Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Dondra Head near the southernmost point in Sri Lanka and is the tallest lighthouse in Sri Lanka[1] and also one of the tallest in South East Asia. The lighthouse is near the village of Dondra, and is ap ...

මාතර

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මාතර, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

Southern most major town in Sri Lanka and the terminus of the coastal rail line has also been under the Portuguese and Dutch rule. The star shaped fort at Matara is an unusual and a unique structure. There are several beautiful and less crowded beaches al ...

හික්කඩුව

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හික්කඩුව, ගාල්ල, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

Hikkaduwa is a small town on the south coast of Sri Lanka located in the Southern Province, about 17 km north-west of Galle. Arranged around the heavily trafficked main Galle to Colombo road which runs mostly parallel to the shore, Hikkaduwa's beach an ...