Hōryū-ji

Hōryū-ji - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Its full name is , or Learning Temple of the Flourishing Law, the complex serving as both a seminary and monastery. Read more on Wikipedia

type: religious building
date from: 607
official website: http://www.horyuji.or.jp/

Source: en.wikipedia.org