Shuri Castle

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UNESCO World Heritage Site castle gusuku historical site

Shuri Castle is a historic Ryukyuan gusuku (castle) in Okinawa, Japan, that served as the political and cultural center of the Ryukyu Kingdom and is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Shuri Castle canonical 19
Shuri Castle complex 2
Shuri Castle main hall 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
castle ⓘ
gusuku ⓘ
historical site ⓘ
architecturalStyle Ryukyuan architecture ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
destroyedBy fire ⓘ
destroyedDuring Battle of Okinawa ⓘ
destroyedIn 1945 ⓘ
2019 ⓘ
elevation about 120 metres above sea level ⓘ
functionedAs residence of Ryukyuan kings ⓘ
hasColor red ⓘ
hasFeature Kankaimon gate ⓘ
Shureimon Gate ⓘ
surface form: Shureimon gate

ceremonial spaces ⓘ
courtyards ⓘ
main hall ⓘ
stone walls ⓘ
hasReconstructionPlanCompletionYear approximately 2026 ⓘ
heritageCriteria UNESCO cultural criteria ii ⓘ
UNESCO cultural criteria iii ⓘ
UNESCO cultural criteria vi ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inception 14th century ⓘ
locatedIn Naha ⓘ
Okinawa Island ⓘ
Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ
Ryukyu Islands ⓘ
Ryukyu Kingdom ⓘ
Shuri ⓘ
locatedOn Shuri Plateau ⓘ
materialUsed limestone ⓘ
wood ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
operator Okinawa Prefectural Government ⓘ
partOf Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu ⓘ
rebuiltIn 15th century ⓘ
1715 ⓘ
1958 ⓘ
1992 ⓘ
significantPeriod Ryukyu Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Ryukyu Kingdom era
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 2000 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 972-004 ⓘ
usedAs cultural center ⓘ
political center ⓘ
royal palace ⓘ
usedBy Ryukyu Kingdom ⓘ

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Naha → hasLandmark → Shuri Castle ⓘ
Shuri → knownFor → Shuri Castle ⓘ
Shuri → hasLandmark → Shuri Castle ⓘ
Shuri → contains → Shuri Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shuri Castle Park
Shuri → hasReconstructedSite → Shuri Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shuri Castle main hall
Okinawa Prefecture → hasWorldHeritageComponent → Shuri Castle ⓘ
Okinawa Island → hasAttraction → Shuri Castle ⓘ
Shuri Station → nearby → Shuri Castle ⓘ
Shuri Station → hasNearbyAttraction → Shuri Castle ⓘ
Ryukyu Kingdom → capital → Shuri Castle ⓘ
Shureimon Gate → locatedIn → Shuri Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shuri Castle complex
Shureimon Gate → servesAsEntranceTo → Shuri Castle ⓘ
Sonohyan-utaki Ishimon → associatedWith → Shuri Castle ⓘ
Tamaudun Mausoleum → nearby → Shuri Castle ⓘ
Ryutan Pond → locatedIn → Shuri Castle ⓘ
Ryutan Pond → partOf → Shuri Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shuri Castle grounds
Ryutan Pond → associatedWith → Shuri Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shuri Castle royal court
Naha, Okinawa, Japan → knownFor → Shuri Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: Naha
Shuri area → contains → Shuri Castle ⓘ
Shuri area → knownFor → Shuri Castle ⓘ
City of Naha → contains → Shuri Castle ⓘ
Shuri Plateau → contains → Shuri Castle ⓘ
Shuri Plateau → contains → Shuri Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shuri Castle ruins
Kankaimon gate → partOf → Shuri Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: Kankaimon
Kankaimon gate → locatedIn → Shuri Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: Kankaimon
this entity surface form: Shuri Castle complex
Kankaimon gate → servesAsEntranceTo → Shuri Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: Kankaimon
Kankaimon gate → hasNearbyAttraction → Shuri Castle ⓘ
subject surface form: Kankaimon
this entity surface form: Shuri Castle main hall