🏛️ Sacred City of Kandy

Sri Lanka · Asia · Cultural · 7.29°N, 80.64°E

Kandy is a major city located in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. It was the last capital of the Sinhalese monarchy from 1469 to 1818, under the Kingdom of Kandy. The city is situated in the midst of hills in the Kandy plateau. Kandy is the administrative capital of the Central Province, and considered as the cultural capital of Sri Lanka, due to its architectural heritage. Kandy is the home of the Temple of the Tooth Relic, one of the most important places of the Buddhist world. It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1988. Historically the local Buddhist rulers resisted Portuguese, Dutch, and British colonial expansion and occupation.

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Quick facts

Country	Sri Lanka
Continent / region	Asia
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	7.29°N, 80.64°E · view on map

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

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