Anuradhapura is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities and Sri Lanka’s most sacred historical site, serving as the capital of the island’s first great civilisation for over a millennium. The city is home to the Sri Maha Bodhi, a sacred fig tree grown from a cutting of the original Bodhi Tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment, making it the oldest historically documented tree still alive today. The vast dagobas of Ruwanweliseya, Jetavanaramaya and Abhayagiri tower above the surrounding parkland, their white-washed domes visible for miles and their scale equalling the great monuments of Egypt.