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Nara Prefecture Temples

StateNara Prefecture

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Ikaruga, Ikoma District, Nara Prefecture

One of the world’s oldest surviving wooden temple complexes and a foundational monument of Japanese Buddhism.

Asuka-period Buddhist architectureBuddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area

Zoshicho, Nara, Nara Prefecture

UNESCO-listed Nara temple housing the monumental Great Buddha and central to early Japanese state Buddhism.

Monumental Nara-period Buddhist temple architecture; current Daibutsuden is later reconstructionHistoric Monuments of Ancient Nara

Nishinokyo, Nara, Nara Prefecture

UNESCO-listed Nara temple dedicated to Yakushi Nyorai, the Medicine Buddha, with major early Buddhist art and pagodas.

Classical Nara Buddhist temple layoutHistoric Monuments of Ancient Nara