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City: Polonnaruwa
Country: Sri Lanka
Date range: @@-@@-1980
Description: low angle shot of one entrance of the circular relic house (Vatadage) of Polonnaruwa. Details of architecture can be seen with the round bump carved stoneguards, the carved staircase, the half-circle threshold, 5 pilars and the ruins if of a round wall. The pavement on the ground is made of big stones. Some trees in the background.
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. Entrance to Vatadage, the rotunda stupa house, with, on each side, the "stoneguards". (12th 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. Entrée du Vatadage (monument circulaire de la relique - 12ème s. après J.C.) avec, de chaque côté, les"gardes de pierre".
Keywords: Religious art | Religious buildings | Asian art | Buddhism | International cooperation | Cultural property presentation | Cultural agreements
Orientation: Portrait
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Author: UNESCO / Alexis N. Vorontzoff | ;</pre></div>
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67013541" class="extiw" title="d:Q67013541">Alexis N. Vorontzoff</a>
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