🏛️ Sacred City of Anuradhapura

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Anuradhapura is a major city located in the north central plain of Sri Lanka. It is the capital city of North Central Province and the capital of Anuradhapura District. The city lies 205 kilometres (127 mi) north of the current capital of Colombo in the North Central Province, on the banks of the historic Malwathu Oya. The city is now a World Heritage Site famous for its well-preserved ruins of the ancient Sinhalese civilisation.

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Sacred City of Anuradhapura 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 Sacred City of Anuradhapura was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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