So called because it once had a bronze-tiled roof, the ruins of the "Brazen Palace" stand close to the bodhi tree. The remains of 1600 columns are all that is left of this huge pavilion, said to have had nine stories and accommodation for 1000 monks and attendants.
It was originally built by King Dutugemunu more than 2000 years ago, but what you see today dates from a 12th-century rebuild.
