Significance: Sigiriya was a large palace complex built on a granite peak by King Kassapa I in the late 5th century. King Kassapa was the son of a harem, who killed his father to attain power. The palace complex was seen as either the King attempting to be a god, a defensive palace at at time of instability, or a place for the King to express his guilt at killing his father by different groups.
The granite rock on which the palace was built (from whc.unesco.org)
The foundations of buildings on top of the granite rock (from whc.unesco.org)
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