Horyu-ji Buddhist Monuments
Also known as Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (ii), (iv), (vi).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Japan
Inscribed
1993
Area
15 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Horyu-ji Buddhist Monuments is about 30 km south-east of Ōsaka. The nearest other World Heritage site is Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara, about 12 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Ōsaka · about 11,294,000 peopleabout 30 km north-west
- Ōtsu · about 537,000 peopleabout 45 km north
- Kyoto · about 1,805,000 peopleabout 45 km north
- Kōbe · about 1,528,000 peopleabout 50 km west
- Wakayama · about 440,000 peopleabout 70 km south-west
- Tsu · about 500,000 peopleabout 75 km east
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
JapanCultural12 km away
JapanCultural13 km away
JapanCultural18 km away
JapanCultural50 km away
JapanCultural87 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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