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Hara Castle

castle in Hizen Province, Japan
Administrative Area Japanese Castle Q2498312

Facts

17 properties

Designation

Instance of
Japanese castle
Heritage designation
part of UNESCO World Heritage Site (2018–present), Historic Site of Japan[12][13]

Location

Country
Japan[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 32.633°, 130.256°[10]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Minamishimabara, Minamiarima (?–2006)[2]

Period and style

Inception
1496[8]
More facts +11
Founder
Arima Takazumi[5]
Founded by
Arima Takazumi
Located in
Minamishimabara, Minamiarima
Part of
Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region, Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles[6][7]
Area
45.69, 1184.39[15][16]
Conflict
Siege of Hara Castle
Coordinates
🗺️ 32.633°, 130.256°
Located in or next to body of water
Ariake Sea[4]
Located in/on physical feature
Shimabara Peninsula[11]
Name in kana
はらじょう[14]
Participated in conflict
Siege of Hara Castle[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Hara Castle ar قلعة هارا de Burg Hara es castillo Hara fa قلعه هارا fr castel de Hara fr château de Hara he טירת הארה it castello di Hara ja はらじょう ja 原城 pl Zamek Hara pt Castelo Hara ru Замок Хара th ปราสาทฮาระ tr Hara Kalesi vi thành Hara
🔖 Identifiers · 7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Remains of Hara castle as seen from the sea.JPG ↗
Freebase ID
/m/03ql8hd
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
436208
NDL Authority ID
031669857
OpenStreetMap node ID
6125943993
Tripadvisor ID
1723781
World Heritage Site ID
1495-001

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🔗 Connections
Part of 2
Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region, Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles
Belongs to 1
Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region
Country 1
Japan
Instance of 1
Japanese castle
Located in or next to body of water 1
Ariake Sea
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Minamishimabara
Located in/on physical feature 1
Shimabara Peninsula
People who died here 1
Amakusa Shirō
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Summary

Hara Castle is a Japanese castle[1].

Body

Geography

Part of include Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region[6], an architectural ensemble[17], in Japan[18] and Continued Top 100 Japanese Castles[7], a database[19], in Japan[20], founded in 2017[21].

Related Entities

Japan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . kunishitei.bunka.go.jp. kunishitei.bunka.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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