Nakagusuku Castle

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archaeological site castle fortress gusuku

Nakagusuku Castle is a well-preserved Ryukyuan gusuku (fortress) whose stone walls and ruins overlook the Pacific Ocean on Okinawa’s main island and form part of the UNESCO World Heritage “Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu.”

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Label Occurrences
Nakagusuku Castle canonical 1
Nakagusuku-jō Site 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
castle ⓘ
fortress ⓘ
gusuku ⓘ
architecturalStyle Ryukyuan gusuku architecture ⓘ
builtFor defense ⓘ
category Castles in Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ
Ryukyuan gusuku ⓘ
World Heritage Site in Japan ⓘ
condition well-preserved ruins ⓘ
constructedInPeriod Ryukyu Kingdom era ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
culture Ryukyuan people ⓘ
surface form: Ryukyuan
hasFeature curved stone walls ⓘ
multiple baileys ⓘ
hasJapaneseName 中城城跡 ⓘ
hasLanguageContext Okinawan language ⓘ
hasOkinawanName Nakagushiku Gusuku ⓘ
hasPart castle ruins ⓘ
stone walls ⓘ
hasViewOf Pacific Ocean ⓘ
heritageCategory Cultural ⓘ
heritageCriteria UNESCO cultural site ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionBy UNESCO ⓘ
locatedIn Japan ⓘ
Nakagusuku, Okinawa, Japan ⓘ
Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ
locatedInMunicipality Nakagusuku Village ⓘ
locatedNear Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa, Japan ⓘ
Nakagusuku Bay ⓘ
locatedOn Okinawa Island ⓘ
management local government of Nakagusuku ⓘ
materialUsed stone ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
overlooks Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu ⓘ
castles of the Ryukyu Kingdom ⓘ
periodOfUse 14th–19th century ⓘ
region Ryukyu Islands ⓘ
significantEvent integration into unified Ryukyu Kingdom defenses ⓘ
significantFor Ryukyuan cultural heritage ⓘ
history of the Ryukyu Kingdom ⓘ
topography hilltop site ⓘ
touristAttraction true ⓘ
UNESCOSiteId 972-006 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince 2000 ⓘ
usedAs military stronghold ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Okinawa Prefecture → hasWorldHeritageComponent → Nakagusuku Castle ⓘ
Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu → includesSite → Nakagusuku Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nakagusuku-jō Site