Mihintale Sacred City

Mihintale Sacred City is an archaeological site in North Central Province, Sri Lanka. Mihintale Sacred City is situated near the Buddhist temple Giribhanda Stupa, as well as near Mahinda cave.

Archaeological site
…is inscribed with “This is a sacred city in Sri Lanka.It was built by King Dewanampiyatissa.”
Categories
historic site
tourist attraction
tourism
Location
North Central Province
Sri Lanka
South Asia
Asia
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Latitude

8.35502° or 8° 21′ 18″ north

Longitude

80.51796° or 80° 31′ 5″ east

Open location code

6MW29G49+25

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

historic = archaeological_site

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