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Shigisan Castle

🇯🇵 Japan · 16th century

Shigisan Castle in Japan
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Shigisan castle (信貴山城, Shigisanjō) was a Japanese castle of the Sengoku period, controlled by the Kizawa and Matsunaga clans. There are little remains of the castle on the present day site, just some moats and earthworks.

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Shigisan Castle ranks #3,601 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #182 of the 297 mapped in Japan. Founded 1536, it is older than 46% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 437 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. See how Japan compares in the castle statistics.

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