Similar Properties
| Name |
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) |
| Classification |
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| Country |
Japan |
| Address |
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| Overview |
The property consists of 198 buildings and 12 gardens that make up the 16 shrines and temples
and one castle, built or designed from the 10th to 17th centuries, in Kyoto, which blossomed for
more than a thousand years as the main center of Japanese culture formed through exchanges with
the Asian Continent. The buildings and gardens, representing various periods in history and designs, indicate the development of Japanese wooden architecture, particularly religious architecture, and the art of Japanese gardens, which has influenced landscape gardening the world over. |
| Designation |
World cultural heritage |
| Designation year |
1994 |
| Criteria |
(ii)(iv) |
| Age |
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| Related homepage |
https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/688/ |
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