Sri Lanka
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Photo by Solivagant
Kandy by Carlo Sarion
Old Town of Galle by Carlo Sarion
Polonnaruva by Carlo Sarion
Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple by Carlo Sarion
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Sinharaja Forest by Randi Thomsen
Sri Lanka accepted the UNESCO World Heritage Convention on June 6, 1980.
Its World Heritage sites include both cultural and natural properties, such as ancient cities, sacred Buddhist monuments, rainforest reserves, and mountain ecosystems.
Country Information
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- Sri Lanka (LK)
- UNESCO Region
- Asia and the Pacific
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Forum Discussion
- forum.worldheritagesite.org — Sri Lanka
News Article
- Aug. 24, 2008 sundaytimes.lk — Lanka seeking to pick up more world heritage site tags
Community Information
Recent Reviews
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Old Town of Galle by Nan
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Sinharaja Forest by Nan
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Seruwila to Sri Pada pilgrim route
Michael anak Kenyalang | March 2, 2019
Recent List Updates
- Ancient Buddhist Meditation Monasteries : On tentative list
- Ancient Ariyakara Viharaya in Rajagala : On tentative list
- Central Highlands : Inscribed
- Seruwila to Sri Pada pilgrim route : On tentative list
- Seruwila Mangala Raja Maha Vihara : On tentative list
Recent News
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sundaytimes.lk
Lanka seeking to pick up more world heritage site tags
08/24/2008
Completed by
- Reza
- Svein Elias
- Luis Filipe Ga…
- Zoë Sheng
- Randi Thomsen
- Jarek Pokrzywn…
- Roman Bruehwil…
- Patrik
- Sergio Arjona
- George Gdanski
Country Completionists
62 community member(s) visited all sites of Sri Lanka.
- Reza
- Svein Elias
- Luis Filipe Gaspar
- Zoë Sheng
- Randi Thomsen
- Jarek Pokrzywnicki
- Roman Bruehwiler
- Patrik
- Sergio Arjona
- George Gdanski
- Christravelblog
- Tinamu
- Wojciech Fedoruk
- Bin
- voyager
- triath
- Loic Pedras
- Alexander Lehmann
- Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero
- nan
- Kristin
- Joel on the Road
- Shandos Cleaver
- Philipp Peterer
- Aspasia
- Errol Neo
- Mikko
- Jeanne OGrady
- Marlies van Wolfswinkel
- Geert Luiken
- Tarquinio_Superbo
- Zach
- Frederik Dawson
- Allison Vies
- Chen Taotao
- Martina Rúčková
- Ivan Rucek
- BaziFettehenne
- Hdwilsonau
- Thomas van der Walt
- Zos M
- Joyce van Soest
- Szucs Tamas
- Zsuzsanna Forray
- Shijie ZHU
- tony0001
- Atila Ege
- Erik Jelinek
- Harald T.
- Afshin Iranpour
- Rob Wilson
- Jana and Matt
- lichia
- Nihal Ege
- Michael Ayers
- Solivagant
- c82wc1
- Knut
- MMM
- Ali Zingstra
- Jacob Otten
- Martin
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