Polonnaruwa: Sri Lanka’s ancient city from the 11th century AD
Polonnaruwa was declared Sri Lanka’s next capital by King Vijayabahu I. Polonnaruwa is a much newer city than Anuradhapura so a lot of the ruins are better intact. It stayed the capital till the 13th century AD.
King Parakramabahu’s Palace
A Library Monastery
A large building that was in pyramidal form originally built in the 8th century
A Sacred Tooth Relic Temple. From the 11th or 12th Century
Built by King Nissankamalla. Largest dagoba in Polonnaruwa
A Buddhist shrine that houses a Buddha that is 41 ft in Height
A rock temple made from granite
