resulted in its 1982 listing as a Unesco World Heritage Site. However, its ingenious garden and water systems at the foot of the rock are what make it a national treasure. The gardens at Sigiriya ...

Despite the lack of topsoil and water, gardens have graced The Rock since the mid-1860s ... he became a landscaper in the outside world. "He was of the few redemption stories out of Alcatraz." ...