Anuradhapura
AnuradhapuraUNESCO World Heritage Sites in Anuradhapura
1 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in or near Anuradhapura.
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UNESCO sites in Anuradhapura
Sacred City of AnuradhapuraCultural · 1982 · 4 kmThis sacred city was established around a cutting from the 'tree of enlightenment', the Buddha's fig tree, brought there in the 3rd century B.C. by Sanghamitta, the founder of an order of Buddhist nuns. Anuradhapura, a C…
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1 World Heritage Sites are recognised near Anuradhapura.
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