All important features of Sigiriya such as the frescoes, spiral staircase and bubble fountain have been replicated, The Sunday Times understands. “This is a bonus for anyone who cannot scale the rock, ...

A series of galleries and staircases emerging from the mouth of a gigantic lion ... 長年の風雨にさらされて、今では18像だけが残っている。 De ruïnes van de stad Sigiriya – gebouwd door de moordlustige koning Kassapa I (477-495 ...

I arrived that evening at Sigiriya with my conservation staff and the onset of ... the door leading to the fresco pockets at the head of the spiral staircase, after their investigations the previous ...

Perched on a slab of rock that juts dramatically over the forests of central Sri Lanka, Sigiriya is as imposing a sight now as it must have been when it was first built by a fierce king in the ...

and from where you can reach the lion staircase that goes all the way up the fortress. TIP: I wholeheartedly recommend hiring a guide or joining a guided tour to visit Sigiriya, so that you can ...

the Sigiriya fortress in central Sri Lanka. The last part of the climb to his refuge was accessed only by a vertiginous staircase bolted to the sheer rock face. Apparently in Kassapa's day this ...

Climbing Sigiriya is done in stages, which makes it more easily surmountable. My only moment of vertigo came as I climbed a circular metal staircase, exposed to the air, to view the remarkably ...

Sigiriya Rock is one of the 7 World Heritage ... past celestial frescoes and making your way up steep staircases and narrow paths carved right into the rock. As you climb, the views get better ...