Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Japan
Inscribed
1998
Area
617 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara is about 35 km east of Ōsaka. The nearest other World Heritage site is Horyu-ji Buddhist Monuments, about 12 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Ōsaka · about 11,294,000 peopleabout 35 km west
- Ōtsu · about 537,000 peopleabout 35 km north
- Kyoto · about 1,805,000 peopleabout 40 km north
- Kōbe · about 1,528,000 peopleabout 60 km west
- Tsu · about 500,000 peopleabout 60 km east
- Wakayama · about 440,000 peopleabout 80 km south-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
JapanCultural12 km away
JapanCultural23 km away
JapanCultural25 km away
JapanCultural44 km away
JapanCultural93 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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