Loha Pasada – The Brazed Palace (02) 

The Loha Pasada, or Bronze palace was first founded by Kind Tissa in the 3^rd century B.C. as a chapter-house for the Bodhi tree monks, but it was made in to a palace by King Duthagamini for the monks of the Mahavihara to live in. Duthagamini built a nine storied building with a thousand rooms, which had a roof of copper tiles from which the building takes its name. Tragically this splendid building was of wood and it was burnt down in fire, probably caused by a coconut-oil lamp only fifteen years after it was built. Saddhatissa, Duthugamini’s brother rebuilt the palace to a height of seven stories afterwards.