Heritance Kandalama Heritance Kandalama (Sinhala: හෙරිටන්ස් කණ්ඩලම හෝටලය) is a star class luxury hotel located in the vicinity of Kandalama Wewa, Matale District, Sri Lanka. The hotel is popular among the locals and foreigners due to its remarkable Eco-friendly architecture. History
The hotel was designed in an Eco-friendly manner by the country's most renowned architect, Geoffrey Bawa (Nayomi & Gnanapala, 2015; Owen, 2008). Originally, it was planned to build the hotel near the Sigirya fortress but, Bawa rejected the site and instead opted for a new location with a distant view of Sigirya across the Kandalama Wewa (Owen, 2008). After selecting the present location, the construction of the hotel was initiated in 1992, but the project was heavily objected by local communities (Chandralal, 2010). Active protests and debates were sparked across the country centering on environmental and cultural issues but the hotel builders, the Aitken Spence Hotel Group, with the support of the then Government s…
