SIGIRIYA ROCK

INTRODUCTION

• Sigiriya is located in the central province Sri Lanka.

• It is a rock fortress,built by king Kashyapa during
477AD-495AD.
• He built his palace on the top of this rock and
decorated the inside with colourful frescoes.
• The name of this place is derived from this structure-
Sinhagiri,the lion Rock.
• Sigiriya is a UNESCO listed world heritage site today.
• It is also considered as 8th world wonder.
 HISTORY
• Sigiriya consists of an ancient castle built by King
Kashyapa during the 5th century.
• The Sigiriya site has the remains of an upper palace
sited on the flat top of the rock, a mid-level terrace
that includes the Lion Gate and the mirror wall with
its frescoes, the lower palace that clings to the
slopes below the rock, and the moats, walls, and
gardens that extend for some hundreds of metres
out from the base of the rock.
• Sigiriya is considered one of the most important
urban planning sites of the first millennium.
• On the west side of the rock lies a park for the
royals, laid out on a symmetrical plan; the park
contains water-retaining structures, including
sophisticated surface/subsurface hydraulic systems,
some of which are working even today.
• The south contains a man-made reservoir.
• Five gates were placed at entrances.
PLAN
 GARDENS
• The Gardens of the Sigiriya city are one of the most
important aspects of the site, as it is among the
oldest landscaped gardens in the world.
• The gardens are divided into three distinct but
linked forms: water gardens, cave and boulder
gardens, and terraced gardens.
• Terraced Gardens of Sigiriya The terraced gardens
are formed from the natural hill at the base of the
Sigiriya rock
• Lion’s mouth There was a sculpted lion's head
above the legs and paws flanking the entrance,
but the head broke down many years ago.
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