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Fortress-palace built atop a 200-meter volcanic plug

Sigiriya (Lion Rock) is nearly 200m/660ft high. It is possible to climb to the top (some of the stairways can be seen hugging the left side of the rock) where there are terraces and some ancient buil
Sigiriya (Lion Rock) is nearly 200m/660ft high. It is possible to climb to the top (some of the stairways can be seen hugging the left side of the rock) where there are terraces and some ancient… © Dan Lundberg, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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