Photos tagged as world_heritage

Ta Prohm temple

Angkor, Siem Reap

Date: 28 July 2010
Photographer: vilmalotta: gallery
Location: Cambodia
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Ta Prohm Temple - Where's Lara Croft?

Siem Reap, Cambodia

Date: 28 July 2010
Photographer: vilmalotta: gallery
Location: Cambodia
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Angkor Wat

Siem Reap, Cambodia

Date: 28 July 2010
Photographer: vilmalotta: gallery
Location: Cambodia
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Nikko temple area

Date: 14 July 2010
Photographer: vilmalotta: gallery
Location: Japan
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Nikko temple area

Date: 14 July 2010
Photographer: vilmalotta: gallery
Location: Japan
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Hagia Sofia

Istanbul

Date: 27 October 2009
Photographer: vilmalotta: gallery
Location: Turkey
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Old town Vilnius

Date: 11 March 2009
Photographer: vilmalotta: gallery
Location: Lithuania
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Street in old town Vilnius

Date: 11 March 2009
Photographer: vilmalotta: gallery
Location: Lithuania
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Stone wall from below

Walls are made of Ryukyu limestone, which can be found in Nansei Islands (Okinawa and Kagoshima Prefectures). The highest part of wall measures 8m.

Date: 1 April 2007
Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
Location: Nakijin, Japan
Tags: okinawa world_heritage gusuku nakijin
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Stone wall and the East China Sea

The total lenghth of the limestone wall is 1.5km. Gusukus (castles in Okinawa) were usually built on the hills or the mountains.

Date: 1 April 2007
Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
Location: Nakijin, Japan
Tags: okinawa world_heritage gusuku nakijin
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Main gate Heirō-mon

This main gate of Nakijin Castle was reconstructed in 1962 under the U.S. Civil Administration of the Ryukyu Islands.

Date: 1 April 2007
Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
Location: Nakijin, Japan
Tags: okinawa world_heritage gusuku nakijin
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Located on the Motobu Peninsula, Nakijin Castle site is one of the largest gusuku (castle) sites remaining today. It was registered as a part of World Heritage Sites 'Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu,' in 2000.

Date: 1 April 2007
Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
Location: Nakijin, Japan
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Rokkakudō in Shikina-En

A hexagonal small building on a pond for welcoming delegations from China. Now welcoming kids.

Date: 31 March 2007
Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
Location: Shikina, Japan
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Main building in Shikina-En

Shikina-En is a garden with a guest-house of Ryukyu Kingdom that has 15 rooms.

Date: 31 March 2007
Photographer: ilyushin: gallery
Location: Shikina, Japan
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Shikina-En Garden

Shikina-En is a part of World Heritage Sites 'Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu,' and was registered in 2000. Most of buildings there were destroyed during WWII.