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Nagoya Castle
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Key facts
- Type
- Flatland
- Owner
- 1620–1870 ( Owari Domain ), 1872–1893 (government), 1893–1930 ( Imperial family ), 1930–present (City of Nagoya)
- Controlled by
- Tokugawa
- Condition
- Reconstructed 1957–1959, 2009–2018
- Built
- 1610–1619
- In use
- 1620–1945
- Materials
- Granite stone, earthwork, wood
- Demolished
- 14 May 1945, in an air raid
- Occupants
- Owari branch
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Japanese castle
- Part of
- 100 Fine Castles of Japan
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Naka-ku
- Body of water
- Hori River
- Founded by
- Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Operator
- Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Material used
- stone
- Conflict
- World War II
- Official website
- www.nagoyajo.city.nagoya.jp
- Image
- Nagoya Castle (33489).jpg
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- inception
- 1532-00-00
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- Nagoya Castle
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- 名古屋城
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- Nagoya Castle
- social media followers
- 2471
- appears in the heritage monument list
- 100 Fine Castles of Japan
- public transport stop
- Nagoyajō Station
- number of viewers/listeners
- 261756
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Encyclopedic overview
Aerial view of the grounds of Nagoya Castle (2020) Nagoya Castle aerial panorama
Nagoya Castle (名古屋城, Nagoya-jō) is a Japanese castle located in Nagoya, Japan.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nagoya Castle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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