Kotte - The Palace Road

Traveling down Kotte Road, the next left turn (immediately past the used vehicle dealership) leads one down the Palace Road. Unfortunately the name board you find at the top of this lane will be the closest thing you will ever come close to a palace.

In it's day, the palace complex has consisted of a three storied palace building and a three storied building for the tooth relic, the symbol of the sovereign. Repeated invasions led to the destruction and pillage of these buildings. What ever was left has been built over now.

The place that was occupied by the Dalada Maligawa, has been used by the Portuguese to build a church. This too has been destroyed later, leaving the place to become the present day Karakoppuwa or the cemetery. Artifacts found from this place are displayed at the Kotte Archeological Museum. The picture below shows the present day Karakoppuwa or the Cemetery. The Palace has been situated opposite this on the hill.