World Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage
Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
Inscribed: 2000
Components
Main data
- Name of Property
- Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
- Components
- Nakijin-jô、Zakimi-jô、Katsuren-jô、Nakagusuku-jô、Shuri-jô、Sonohyan-Utaki-Ishimon、Tamaudun、Shikinaen、Seifa-Utaki
- Place
- Nakijin Village, Yomitan Village, Kitanakagusuku Village, Nakagusuku Village, Uruma City, Naha City and Nanjo CIty, Okinawa Prefecture
- Tentative List Submission
- Tentative List Submission: 1992
- Nommination
- Nommination: Jun/1999
- Inscribed
- Inscribed: Dec/2000
- Criteria
- (ⅱ)(ⅲ)(ⅵ)
- Municipality
- Cultural Assets Division, Okinawa Prefectural Board of Education
- Municipality Website
- https://www.pref.okinawa.jp/site/kodomo/land/bunka/sekaiisan/index.html
(Okinawa Prefecture) - UNESCO Website
- https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/972
- Photo
- Okinawa Prefecture Board of Education
Related Resources
Explanation
Five hundred years of Ryukyuan history (12th-17th century) are represented by this group of sites and monuments. The ruins of the castles, on imposing elevated sites, are evidence for the social structure over much of that period, while the sacred sites provide mute testimony to the rare survival of an ancient form of religion into the modern age. The wide- ranging economic and cultural contacts of the Ryukyu Islands over that period gave rise to a unique culture.