Sacred City of Anuradhapura

Sacred City of Anuradhapura skrevs in på UNESCO:s världsarvslista 1982 som kulturarv i Sri Lanka. Platsen hör till regionen Asia and the Pacific.

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UNESCOThis sacred city was established around a cutting from the 'tree of enlightenment', the Buddha's fig tree, brought there in the 3rd century B.C. by Sanghamitta, the founder of an order of Buddhist nuns. Anuradhapura, a Ceylonese political and religious capital that flourished for 1,300 years, was abandoned after an invasion in 993. Hidden away in dense jungle for many years, the splendid site, with its palaces, monasteries and monuments, is now accessible once again.