File:Mihintale - UNESCO - PHOTO0000002484 0001.tiff

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Alexis N. Vorontzoff  (1927–)  wikidata:Q67013541
 
Date of birth 1927 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q67013541
Depicted place Mihintale, Sri Lanka (Q854)
Date 1980
date QS:P571,+1980-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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PHOTO0000002484
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English: International campaign for the safeguard 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. Mihintale is the cradle of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. It is named after Mahinda son of the Emperor Asoka of India who brought buddhism to the island in 247 B. C. The grand stairway of 1840 steps leading to the Monastery.
Français : Campagne internationale pour la sauvegarde des sites et monuments du Triangle culturel. A 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'Amuradhapura Polonnaruwa et Kandy. Mihintale est le berceau du bouddhisme au Sri lanka
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