The Palace site was selected as a “Jaya Bhoomi” by King Wickramabahu III of Gampola and his successor Senasammatha Wickramabahu (1469-1511) constructed his palace and shifter his capital to Kandy.

The Royal Palace was destroyed many a times by the Portuguese, Dutch and the British and what you see today is part of the Palace constructed by King Sri Wickrema Rajasinghe

(1798-1815 A.D.) the last King of Kandy.