Nijō Castle
Castle in Kyoto, Japan
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Nijō Castle (二条城, Nijō-jō) is a flatland castle in Kyoto, Japan. The castle consists of two concentric rings (Kuruwa) of fortifications, the Ninomaru Palace, the ruins of the Honmaru Palace, various support buildings and several gardens. The surface area of the castle is 275,000 square metres (27.5 ha; 68 acres), of which 8,000 square metres (86,000 sq ft) is occupied by buildings.
It is one of the seventeen Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which have been designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
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Kyoto
City in the Kansai region of Japan
1.2 mi away
Honnō-ji Incident
1582 attempted assassination of Oda Nobunaga
0.7 mi away
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Former ruling palace of the Emperor of Japan
1.1 mi away
Kyoto Prefecture
Prefecture of Japan
0.7 mi away
Heian Palace
Original imperial palace of Heian-kyō, the capital of Japan
0.3 mi away
Battle of Toba–Fushimi
1868 battle of the Boshin War in Fushimi, Kyoto, Japan
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