Detail of clay tiles and vegetable fibre walls. Horyu-ji complex. Ikaruga. Nara Prefecture. Kansai (aka Kinki) region. Japan

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Detail of clay tiles and vegetable fibre walls. Horyu-ji complex (Temple of the Flourishing Law), Buddhist Temple. Horyu-ji is part of the Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area, added to the Unesco World Heritage List in 1993. It keeps some of the oldest extant wooden buildings in the world (7th - 8th centuries). Ikaruga. Nara Prefecture. Kansai (aka Kinki) region. Japan

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Size: 5200px × 3453px
Location: Ikaruga. Nara Prefecture. Japan
Photo credit: © Miguel Angel Muñoz Pellicer / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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