{"id":"sigiriya","type":"place","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/sigiriya","language":"en","name":"Sigiriya","name_en":"Sigiriya","name_ne":null,"description":"Ancient rock fortress near Dambulla, Sri Lanka","summary":"Sigiriya or Sinhagiri is an ancient rock fortress located in the northern Matale District near the town of Dambulla in the Central Province, Sri Lanka. It is a site of historical and archaeological significance that is dominated by a massive column of granite approximately 180 m (590 ft) high.","summary_more":[],"facts":[],"office":null,"faq":[],"related":[],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Sigiriya_%28141688197%29.jpeg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled","width":null,"height":null,"license":null,"credit":null,"page":null},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Sigiriya","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigiriya","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Sigiriya, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence.","cite":"\"Sigiriya\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/sigiriya. Retrieved 1 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-01T15:25:34Z","facts_checked":null,"alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/sigiriya","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/sigiriya","ne":null}}