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The Chumon or central gate and five-storey pagoda of the Buddhist temple Horyuji, Nara, Japan. It is the most important Buddhist temple in Japan and was first built in 607 CE by Prince Shotoku during the Asuka Period. The temple was destroyed by fire in 670 CE but rebuilt by 710 CE. It has the oldest wooden buildings in Japan and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Original image by Horyuji Chumon Warizuka. Uploaded by Mark Cartwright, published on 13 April 2017 under the following license: Creative Commons: Attribution-ShareAlike. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.
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