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Lion Rock

Sigiriya

The fortress in the sky.

Story

After a family dispute, King Kashyapa built an extraordinary palace on top of a 200-metre rock, reached through the mouth of a giant carved lion. Along the climb, painted onto the rock face, are the famous "cloud maidens" -- frescoes that have survived over 1,500 years.

Geography

Central Province, in the Cultural Triangle near Dambulla.

You'll collect

Vesmuhunu -- the cloud maiden frescoes

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