UNESCO World Heritage Site Sri Lanka

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is an important landmark in the world chosen by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as a protected area. The places selected to be UNESCO World Heritage Sites are usually in a historical location with cultural and anthropological importance. Heritage is indeed our legacy inherited from past generations, maintained at present and passed down to future generations. Sri Lanka is home to eight such sites—six cultural and two natural, namely, the sacred city of Anuradhapura (1982), the ancient city of Polonnaruwa (1982), the ancient city of Sigiriya  (1982), the Golden Temple of Dambulla (1991), the sacred city of Kandy (1988), the old town of Galle and its fortifications (1988), Sinharaja Forest Reserve (1988) and the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka (2010).