The Sigiriya

Sigiriya

    Sigiriya is in Sri Lanka in Matale. Sigiriya is very impotent place for Sri Lanka . Sigiriya is nearly 180m high. Sigiriya is built by King Kashyapa in 477-495. He chose this place for his palace. The Sigiriya rock's walls are decorated by beautiful art.

In 1907, John Steele wrote, "The whole face of the mountain looks like a huge picture gallery ... probably the largest picture in the world." The paintings covered most of the western face of the rock and were 140 meters long and 40 meters high. On 14 October 1967, an incident of vandalism took place where paint was splashed on the frescoes. 

This palace has a very important door. You can see that door in below picture;