World Heritage in Sri Lanka

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The world heritage in Sri Lanka (as of 2016) includes eight UNESCO world heritage sites , including six world cultural heritage sites and two world natural heritage sites. Sri Lanka acceded to the World Heritage Convention in 1980 and the first World Heritage site was added to the World Heritage List in 1982. The last World Heritage site to date was registered in 2010.

In addition, an entry from Sri Lanka was added to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity .

World heritage sites

The following table lists the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion on the World Heritage List (K - cultural heritage, N - natural heritage, K / N - mixed, (R) - on the Red List of World Heritage in Danger ).

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates of World Heritage Sites: OSM

image designation year Type Ref. description
Holy city of Anuradhapura
Holy City of Anuradhapura
( location )
1982 K 200
Polonnaruwa old town
Polonnaruwa old town
( location )
1982 K 201
Sigiriya old city
Sigiriya Old City
( location )
1982 K 202
Sinharaja Forest Nature Reserve
Sinharaja Forest Nature Reserve 1988 N 405
Holy City of Kandy
Holy City of Kandy 1988 K 450
Old town of Galle and its fortifications
Old town of Galle and its fortifications 1988 K 451 Historic city center and fortress of the city of Galle
Golden Temple of Dambulla
Golden Temple of Dambulla 1991 K 561 Cave temple in the area of ​​the city of Dambulla
Central highlands of Sri Lanka
Central highlands of Sri Lanka 2010 N 1203 with the Horton Plains National Park

Tentative list

The sites that are intended for nomination for inclusion in the World Heritage List are entered in the tentative list . Currently (2020) three sites are entered in the tentative list of Sri Lanka, the last entry was made in 2020. The following table lists the sites in chronological order according to the year of their inclusion in the tentative list.

image designation year Type Ref. description
Seruwila Mangala Raja Maha Vihara
Seruwila Mangala Raja Maha Vihara
( location )
2006 K 5083 Temple in the Trincomalee District
From Seruwila to Sri Pada (site of the sacred footprint), ancient pilgrimage route along the Mahaweli in Sri Lanka
From Seruwila to Sri Pada (site of the sacred footprint), ancient pilgrimage route along the Mahaweli in Sri Lanka 2010 K 5531 Ancient pilgrimage route along the Mahaweli in Sri Lanka from the port of Seruwila to the Sri Pada (holy foot) on Adam's Peak , which some as the footprint of Buddha , others like that of the god Shiva and in turn others than that of Adam is interpreted.
Ancient Ariyakara Viharaya in the Rajagala Archaeological Reserve
Ancient Ariyakara Viharaya in the Rajagala Archaeological Reserve 2020 K 6454

Web links

Commons : World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
  • Sri Lanka on the UNESCO World Heritage Center website.

Individual evidence

  1. Sri Lanka. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 29, 2017 .
  2. UNESCO - Rūkada Nātya, traditional string puppet drama in Sri Lanka. Retrieved December 29, 2018 .
  3. ^ Tentative list of Sri Lanka. In: whc.unesco.org. UNESCO World Heritage Center, accessed June 29, 2017 .