Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Ancient City of Sigiriya' has mentioned 'Wall' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| Contents 1 History 1.1 Historical past 2 Archaeological remains and features 2.1 Site plan 3 Frescoes 3.1 1967 vandalism incident 4 Mirror wall 5 Gardens 5.1 Water gardens 5.2 Boulder gardens 5.3 Terraced gardens 6 In popular culture 7 See also 8 References 9 Further reading 10 External links | WIKI |
| The Sigiriya site contains the ruins of an upper palace located on the flat top of the rock, a mid-level terrace that includes the Lion Gate and the mirror wall with its frescoes, the lower palaces clings to the slopes below the rocks. | WIKI |
| Mirror wall[edit] | WIKI |
| The mirror wall and spiral stairs leading to the frescoes | WIKI |
| Originally this wall was so highly polished that the king could see himself whilst he walked alongside it. | WIKI |
| Made of brick masonry and covered in highly polished white plaster, the wall is now partially covered with verses scribbled by visitors, some of them dating from as early as the 8th century. | WIKI |
| People of all walks of life, from poets to provincial governors to housewives, wrote on the wall [1]. | WIKI |
| Further writing on the mirror wall now has been banned for the protection of the old writings. | WIKI |
| The Archaeological Commissioner of Ceylon, Senarath Paranavithana, deciphered 685 verses written in the 8th, 9th and 10th centuries CE on the mirror wall. | WIKI |
| The large brick and stone wall of the citadel is on the eastern edge of this garden. | WIKI |