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Sacred City of Anuradhapura - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
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.
Sacred City of Anuradhapura - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
This 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. ...
Sacred City of Anuradhapura - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Furthermore, ICOMOS noted that the boundaries delineated on the official map of the Sacred City of Anuradhapura exclude important areas of the World Heritage site.
Sacred City of Anuradhapura - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Mar 11, 2014 · World Heritage partnerships for conservation. Ensuring that World Heritage sites sustain their outstanding universal value is an increasingly challenging mission in today’s complex world, where sites are vulnerable to the effects of uncontrolled urban development, unsustainable tourism practices, neglect, natural calamities, pollution, political instability, and conflict.
“Anuradhapura, founded during the 4th century B.C. (The chronicles of Mahanama, narrative written a thousand years later, affirms that it was founded in 380 B.C. by the prince Pandukabaya), quickly became, on the island, both the capital of Ceylon and the sacred city of Buddhism. Toward 250 B.C., the Ashoka sent his son Mahinda to
Ville sainte d'Anuradhapura - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Sacred City of Anuradhapura. This 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.
مركز التراث العالمي - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Sacred City of Anuradhapura. This 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.
Equipment for the Archaeological Laboratory of Anuradhapura
Sri Lanka - Anuradhapura: $28,000 The Secretariat informed the Committee that the Sri Lankan authorities had previously submitted a request for a total of $42,000, of which $28,000 had been identified for priority activities.
Image 136487 - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Source: Ko Hon Chiu Vincent Download this photo 1000 x 667 px / 8.47 x 5.65 cm 5820 x 3884 px / 49.28 x 32.88 cm