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Polonnaruwa

Polonnaruwa is the main town of Polonnaruwa

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Polonnaruwa is the main town of Polonnaruwa District in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka. It is the second largest city in this province and famous for its clean and beautiful environment, amazing ancient constructions and most importantly the huge lake ‘Parakrama Samudra’ built in 1200 The city has many untouched ancient archeological relic sites  and  remains one of the best planned archaeological relic sites in the country.  UNESCO has declared The ancient city as one of the World Heritage sites.

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