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Fortress-palace built atop a 200-meter volcanic plug

Before the current metal stairway was installed the only access to Sigiriya Lion Rock in central Sri Lanka were stone steps carved directly into the cliff face.
Before the current metal stairway was installed the only access to Sigiriya Lion Rock in central Sri Lanka were stone steps carved directly into the cliff face. © David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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