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Kinkakuji Temple
金閣寺
鹿苑寺
alternative words: Kinkaku-ji temple, Kinkaku temple, Kinkakuji, Kinkaku-ji, Rokuonji temple, Rokuon temple, Rokuonji, Rokuon-ji, Golden Pavilion
keywords:
garden
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kyoto
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temple
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world heritage
related topics:
Kyoto City
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Ginkakuji Temple
related web sites:
http://www.shokoku-ji.or.jp/kinkakuji/
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http://www.hikyaku.com/gallery/english/kinkaku.htm
explanation: Kinkakuji Temple is a strange building: it serves as a residence as well as a Buddhist temple. In 1397, Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimitsu of the Muromachi Shogunate founded it as a hill-side cottage. In 1419, After his death, a son transformed it to a Zen temple and renamed it Rokuon-ji from Yoshimitsu's religious name. In 1950, it has been burned completely by an arson and has been restored since then.
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French version
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