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Nanao Castle

🇯🇵 Japan · 15th century

Nanao Castle in Japan
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Nanao Castle (七尾城, Nanao jō) was a Muromachi period yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in what is now the city of Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the Hokuriku region of Japan. Its ruins have been protected as a National Historic Site since 1934.

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Nanao Castle ranks #2,578 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #130 of the 155 mapped in Japan. Founded 1408, it is older than 55% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 162 atlas entries founded in the 15th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.

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