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For documentary reasons, this is the original metadata as provided by UNESCO. The Description is contributed by participants in UNESCO's crowdsourcing project. Do not edit this section. BW/Colour: Black and white City: Sigiriya Country: Sri Lanka Date range: @@-@@-1980 Description: An aerial view of Sigiriya : a big and tall rock showing at its peak the rests of buildings foundations on 3 levels. The vegetation is very scarce. Below the peak, there is a promontory where ruins of buildings and a staircase can be seen. At the foot of the rock, there is a lake and a forest all around. English transcr.: International Campaign for the Safeguarding of sites and monuments in the "Cultural Triangle". At the request of the Sri Lankan Government, UNESCO is taking part in a five-year programme to restore and protect the principal sites and monuments within a zone marked out by the ancient cultural capitals of Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Kandy. Aerial view of the rock-fortress of Sigiriya (5th century A.D.). French transcr.: Campagne internationale pour la sauvegarde des sites et monuments du "Triangle Culturel". à la demande du Gouvernement du Sri Lanka, l'UNESCO participe à un programme de cinq ans destiné à restaurer et à assurer la protection des principaux sites et monuments à l'intérieur d'une zone délimitée par les anciennes capitales culturelles d'Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa et Kandy. Le rocher-forteresse de Sigiriya (Ve s. après J.C.) vu d'avion. Keywords: Asian cultures | Asian history | Landscape | Cultural agreements | Cultural property preservation | International cooperation | Buddhism Orientation: Landscape Persons: Author: UNESCO / Alexis N. Vorontzoff | ; |
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English: a big and tall rock showing at its peak the rests of buildings foundations on 3 levels. The vegetation is very scarce. Below the peak, there is a promontory where ruins of buildings and a staircase can be seen. At the foot of the rock, there is a lake and a forest all around. |
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| Depicted place | Sri Lanka, Sigiriya (Q272153) | ||||||||||
| Theme | Asian cultures, Asian history, Landscape, Cultural agreements, Cultural property preservation, International cooperation, Buddhism | ||||||||||
| Date | 1980 | ||||||||||
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English: International Campaign for the Safeguarding of sites and monuments in the "Cultural Triangle". At the request of the Sri Lankan Government, UNESCO is taking part in a five-year programme to restore and protect the principal sites and monuments within a zone marked out by the ancient cultural capitals of Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa and Kandy. Aerial view of the rock-fortress of Sigiriya (5th century A.D.).
Français : Campagne internationale pour la sauvegarde des sites et monuments du "Triangle Culturel". à la demande du Gouvernement du Sri Lanka, l'UNESCO participe à un programme de cinq ans destiné à restaurer et à assurer la protection des principaux sites et monuments à l'intérieur d'une zone délimitée par les anciennes capitales culturelles d'Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa et Kandy. Le rocher-forteresse de Sigiriya (Ve s. après J.C.) vu d'avion. |
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   This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO license. Attribution: UNESCO / Alexis N. Vorontzoff
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| current | 12:49, 4 September 2019 |  | 5,763 × 4,302 (71.52 MB) | AliciaFagervingWMSE-bot (talk | contribs) | {{Photograph | author = {{Creator:Alexis N. Vorontzoff}} | other_fields_1 = {{Information field|name=Theme|value=Culture - Triangle campaign}} | other_fields_2 = {{Information field|name=Theme|value=Asian cultures, Asian history, Landscape, Cultural agreements, Cultural property preservation, International cooperation, Buddhism}} | date = 1980 | original_description = <nowiki>BW/Colour: Black and white; City: Sigiriya; Country: Sri Lanka; Date range: @@-@@-1980; Description: An aerial view of... |
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