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The Kandy House is a nine-room,〔 〕 200-year-old〔 〕 manor house which was built by the last Chief Minister〔 〕 of the Kandyan Kingdom in 1804. It was fully restored and opened in 2005 as an upmarket boutique hotel,〔 〕 situated 20 minutes from Kandy.〔 〕 Described as a "showcase of the island's architectural renaissance",〔 〕 it has established a reputation as "the best small hotel in Sri Lanka".〔 〕 == History == The Kandy Hotel is also known as "Amunugama Walauwa" or "Ratwatte Walauwa"〔 was built in 1804〔 〕 by the Chief Minister, Ratwatte Adigar, to the last King of Kandy. The kingdom at that time forbade any but the royal residences to use roofing tiles but the ambitious (Ratwatte ) Adigar, had the nerve to build himself a replica palace with two sprawling stories of terracotta tiles. Two hundred years on, Geoffrey Bawa's protégé Channa Daswatte began work on a sensitive restoration〔 〕 that has kept the essence of the villa intact but brought it into the 21st century. 〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Kandy House」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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