Sigiriya

The ancient fortress of Sigiriya was carved into a 200-meter vertical rock face near the town of Dambulla in Sri Lanka. On top of the stone of the fascinating remains of an ancient civilization thought to be the capital of the kingdom of Kassapa. Once, it included a citadel, an upper palace, a mirror wall with stunning colorful frescoes, and a gateway in the shape of a lion. I was abandoned when its kind passed though it was used as a Buddhist temple until the 14th century.

Location: Dambulla in Sri Lanka