Shōdō Kanga ruins

Shōdō Kanga ruins - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The is an archaeological site with the ruins of a Nara to Heian period government administrative complex located in what is now the Terada-Shōdō neighborhood of the city of Jōyō, Kyoto, in the Kinai region of Japan. It has been protected as a National Historic Site from 1974, with the area under protection expanded in 2006 Read more on Wikipedia

type: ancient site
date from: 8th century AD

Source: en.wikipedia.org