Castle
Takayama Castle
🇯🇵 Japan · 16th century
Takayama Castle (高山城, Takayama-jō) was a Japanese castle located in the city of Takayama, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The castle was built on a mountain nearly 687 m (2,254 ft) in height and had many typical castle features, including a stone base, earthen walls and a surrounding moat.
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Takayama Castle ranks #2,524 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #132 of the 297 mapped in Japan. Founded 1588, it is older than 39% 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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