Publicomos

Notice (permalien)

Réf.

41737

Type

conference item

Titre

Conservation of the Sacred City of Anuradhapura with reference to its historic cultural setting and urban development of the North Central Province of Sri Lanka

Langues

English

Auteurs

Veranjan, Kurukulasuriya Nimal

Date

2005

Pages

6 p.

Titre de conférence

15th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium: ‘Monuments and sites in their setting - conserving cultural heritage in changing townscapes and landscapes’

Lieu de conférence

Xi'an, China

Date de conférence

17 – 21 oct 2005

Mots-clés

archaeological remains / setting / urban development / conservation / World Heritage List / historic sites / town planning / conservation of historic sites / management / historic towns

Pays mentionnés

Sri Lanka

Monuments et sites

Sacred City of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka

N° Patrimoine mondial

200

Résumé en anglais

The subject area of this paper is Anuradhapura, presently a provincial capital with a population of 60,000. Although it is presently situated in the NCP its location needs to be looked at in a wider context. This region has been populated at least since the 9th century BC. (1) Legend has it that a major Aryan settlement took place in the 6th century B.C. (2) There are adequate archaeological remains to conclude that the whole region has been populated from then onwards until the medieval period. As such the region under scrutiny will be the northern plains of Sri Lanka

Document joint

3-30.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)