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Heijō Palace

Imperial residence and seat of government of Heijō-kyō, Japan's capital at Nara from 710 to 784, laid out on the model of Tang-dynasty Chang'an. Abandoned and turned to farmland, the site has been excavated since 1959, and its Suzaku Gate and First Great Audience Hall have been rebuilt.

Dated events and their evidence

• 710 CE mainstream
  capital moved from Fujiwara-kyō to Heijō-kyō under Empress Genmei source
• 784 CE mainstream
  capital moved to Nagaoka-kyō; the palace was later abandoned and became farmland source
• 1959 CE mainstream
  Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties begins continuous excavation source
• 1998 CE mainstream
  inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site within the Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara source
• 2010 CE mainstream
  reconstructed First Great Audience Hall (Daigokuden) completed for the 1300th anniversary source

Where

34.6911° N, 135.7956° E

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heij%C5%8D_Palace
• https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B9%B3%E5%9F%8E%E5%AE%AE
• https://www.nabunken.go.jp/heijo/museum/english/about.html

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