Explore Ancient and Medieval Historic Sites You Can Still Visit
Explore a growing collection of more than 20,000 historic sites, including ancient cities, medieval castles, temples, palaces, monasteries and bridges. Discover places with standing buildings, preserved interiors and extensive archaeological remains.
Browse by country, civilization, period or type of site to find places around a destination or explore a historical interest. The main focus is ancient and medieval history, with prehistoric settlements and selected later structures also represented.
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Individual site articles explain what survives, how buildings were used and how they changed over time. Explore the streets and houses of ancient cities, the gates and towers of fortifications, or the halls, courtyards and interiors of palaces and religious complexes.
Alongside the site collection, articles explore the societies behind these places through subjects including food, clothing, housing, communication and trade.
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Jinbayama Kofun is an early Kofun-period burial mound in Shimonoseki, known for its well-preserved form, large wooden coffin, and possible connection with the ancient Anato chieftaincy.
Raikō-ji Temple in Katori preserves traditions connected with the Chiba family, Minamoto no Yoritomo, the monk Myōe, and the temple’s long Jōdo Buddhist succession.
The Nagae-Sakurayama Kofun Cluster in Zushi and Hayama comprises two large fourth-century keyhole-shaped burial mounds, offering evidence of connections between the Miura Peninsula and the central Yamato polity.
Hinooka Kofun is a sixth-century decorated burial mound in Ukiha, Fukuoka, noted for its painted stone chamber and its place in the Wakamiya Kofun Cluster.
Idera Kofun is a decorated burial mound in Kumamoto dating from the late fifth or early sixth century. Its painted stone chamber, changing interpretations, and surviving iron swords provide evidence of elite burial practices in Kofun-period Japan.
Honnō-ji Temple is a major Hommon-branch Nichiren Buddhist institution in Kyoto, known for its long history, its connection with Oda Nobunaga’s death in 1582, and archaeological remains from its former precinct.