The fort at Holombuwa is the only four sided star fort constructed in Sri Lanka. This fortification is a product of dual parentage, built in both European and Sri Lankan traditions. Curtain walls with central, instead of corner, bastions enclosed this square fort.
Arandora Fort is a Portuguese Fort used as a base camp of the main fort at Manikkadawara which lied on the road to Kandy. Realizing the strategic location of this fort the Dutch captured and occupied this fort in 1666 made in to a fortification against the wishes of Rajasinghe II, King of Kandy.
The Niloluwa bridge has been built in the Government Factory by a British engineer named E. C. Davies in 1897. This engineer has been instrumental in building number of bridges in Sri Lanka during this time.
The history of the Lenagala Rajamaha Viharaya goes as far as early Anuradhapura period. It is the general belief that this temple was first built by king Wattagamini Abhaya, better known as king Walagamba (89-77 BC).
According to historical records, Beligala Sri Wijaya Sundararama Rajamaha Viharaya popularly known as Beligala Rajamaha Viharaya is one of the places that the first 32 shoots of the Sri Maha Bodhi (Dethispala Maha Bodhi) was planted which dates this temple to pre christian era.
Maspotha Ambalama is located at a distance of 4.5 km from Alawwa town and 5.7 km from Nelumdeniya on the Beligala road. Located in the edge of a beautiful paddy field, this ambalama is made of kabok stone and plaster. There is also a well nearby for Ambalama users.
This is a large the size of a brick and mortar. The roof is made of two layers. The pillars around the ambalama and the place where the two layers join support the large roof. The roof is tiled with flat clay tiles popular in the Kandyan period.
The Tampita Viharaya at Attanagoda Viharaya lies on the upper floor of the structure. The building does not have a circumambulating path generally found in such structures. The inner image house is 6.93 meters long and 3.66 meters wide.
Once a royal palace, once a fortress and once a temple of the Tooth Relic, Beligala has become a haven for treasure hunters forgotten by the Archaeological Department.
Wattarama Sri Arahantha Maliyadeva Rajamaha Viharaya is an temple with a history of over 2300 years lying between Polgahawela and Kegalle. This temple is so named due to its close association with Maliyadeva thero who is believed to be last Maha Arahath of Sri Lanka.
From Kegalle take the Polgahawela road for about 5 km and then turn off at the Devalagama junction to the Pussalla by road for about 500 meters to reach the Jeewana Rajamaha Viharaya.
Madiliya Rajamaha Viharaya is an ancient temple with a Tampita Viharaya hidden away in middle of picturesque paddy fields between Aranayake and Hemmathagama in Rambukkana District.
The Aranayake Godigamuwa Ambalama is a traditional resting place built using granite blocks over 100 years ago situated in a rural village of Godigamuwa, now delapidated and forgortten.
It is believed that due to its association with King Walagamba this place has been named Dambulla, locally better known as Kele Dambulla. It is also believed that this site has served as a security frontier during ancient times.
Deraniyagala Polgaswatte Wee Kotana Ella Falls is the last waterfall on a string of 3 waterfalls on the Kadiran Oya in Polgaswatte Area. Wee Kotana Ella Fall is approximately 5 meters in height.
kandegedaraa Purana Viharaya is an ancient temple with a Tampita Viharaya built during the era of the Kandyan kingdom. The temple lies off Devalagama which lies between Kegalle and Polgahawela.
This 100 meter high Eli Hatha waterfall is in fact collection of 7 waterfalls on the Naya River on the Sri Pada Nature Reservation. Each fall is identified by a number starting at the bottom.
An unappreciated cave hidden along the railway line and close to the Ihalakotte Station where the great Sangaraja Welivita Sri Saranankara Thero lived as an young samanera after the death of his teacher was killed by king Narendrasinghe
The 30 meter high Meeyan Ella waterfall has been split in to two by the British during the construction of the Colombo Kandy railway to avoid building a tunnel through the Alagalla mountain.
Mangedara is a small Tampita Viharaya built during the Kandyan era which still maintains its original charm. The temple lies few kilometers from Ambepussa junction and is accessible from either Kurunegala road or Kandy road.
