🏛️ Ancient City of Polonnaruwa

Sri Lanka · Asia · Cultural · 7.94°N, 81.00°E

Poḷonnaruwa, also referred as Pulathisipura and Vijayarajapura in ancient times, is the main town of Polonnaruwa District in North Central Province, Sri Lanka. The modern town of Polonnaruwa is also known as New Town, and the other part of Polonnaruwa remains as the royal ancient city of the Kingdom of Polonnaruwa.

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Quick facts

Country	Sri Lanka
Continent / region	Asia
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	7.94°N, 81.00°E · view on map

Ancient City of Polonnaruwa is a cultural World Heritage site in Sri Lanka, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Ancient City of Polonnaruwa was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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