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Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
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Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
The
UNESCO
World Heritage Site
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
encompasses eight places in the old capital
Nara
in
Nara Prefecture
,
Japan
. Five are
Buddhist temples
, one is a
Shinto shrine
, one is a Palace and one a
primeval forest
. The properties include 26 buildings designated by the Japanese Government as
National Treasures
as well as 53 designated as
Important Cultural Properties
. All compounds have been recognized as
Historic Sites
. The Nara Palace Site was designated as Special Historic Site and the Kasugayama Primeval Forest as Special Natural Monument. Todai-ji, Kofuku-ji and the Kasugayama Primeval Forest overlap with
Nara Park
, a park designated as one of the "Places of Scenic Beauty" by the
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
(MEXT). UNESCO listed the site as World Heritage in 1998.
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