Sigiriya: Top Photos

Fortress-palace built atop a 200-meter volcanic plug

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Sigiriya ancient rock fortress viewed from a distance, showing the full height of the granite column against a cloudy sky.
Sigiriya's volcanic plug rises like an isolated tower above the Dambulla plains — the hardened magma core left standing after millions of years of erosion removed everything softer around it. © Kalablink, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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