Löwentatze-Terrasse

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Am nördlichen Ende des Löwenfelsens von Sigiriya führt ein schmaler Pfad zu der großen Plattform, die der Stätte ihren Namen gibt – Sigiriya (von sinha-giri) bedeutet „Löwenfelsen“. HCP Bell, der britische Archäologe, der für einen enormen Umfang archäologischer Ausgrabungen in Sri Lanka verantwortlich ist, fand die beiden riesigen Löwentatzen bei Ausgrabungen im Jahr 1898.

Der letzte Aufstieg zum Gipfel begann mit einer Treppe, die zwischen den Pfoten des Sigiriya-Löwen hindurch in sein Maul führte.

Der Löwe aus dem 5. Jahrhundert ist bis auf die ersten Stufen und Pfoten verschwunden. Um den Gipfel zu erreichen, muss man über eine Reihe von Metalltreppen hinaufklettern, aber man kann immer noch die ursprünglichen Rillen und Stufen sehen, die in den Löwenfelsen von Sigiriya gehauen wurden.

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【Text von Lakpura™. Bilder von Google, Urheberrechte liegen bei den ursprünglichen Autoren.】

About Central Province

The Central Province of Sri Lanka consists primarily of mountainous terrain. The province has an area of 5,674 km², and a population of 2,421,148. Some major towns include Kandy, Gampola (24,730), Nuwara Eliya and Bandarawela. The population is a mixture of Sinhalese, Tamil and the Moors.

Both the hill capital Kandy and the city of Nuwara Eliya are located within the Central Province as well as Sri Pada. The province produces much of the famous Ceylon tea, planted by the British in the 1860s after a devastating disease killed all the coffee plantations in the province. Central Province attracts many tourists, with hill station towns such as Kandy, Gampola, Hatton and Nuwara Eliya. Temple tooth or Dalada maligawa is the main sacred place in Centrel province.

The climate is cool, and many areas about 1500 meters often have chilly nights. The western slopes are very wet, some places having almost 7000 mm of rain per year. The eastern slopes are parts of the mid-dry zone as it is receiving rain only from North-Eastern monsoon. The Temperatures range from 24°C at Kandy to just 16°C in Nuwara Eliya, which is located 1,889 m above sea level. The highest mountains in Sri Lanka are located in the Central Province. The terrain is mostly mountainous, with deep valleys cutting into it. The two main mountain regions are the central massif and the Knuckles range to the east of Kandy.

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