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Ise Grand Shrine

The chief shrine of Shinto, and a building that stays new by being rebuilt. Every twenty years the sanctuary is reconstructed on the adjacent plot from fresh cypress and the old one is taken down - a cycle of renewal running since the seventh century, so the architecture is ancient while no timber in it is.

Dated events and their evidence

• 4 BCE disputed
  traditional founding, legendary and not archaeological source
• 680 CE mainstream
  first documented shrine building, under Emperor Tenmu source
• 692 CE mainstream
  first ceremonial rebuilding, by Empress Jitō - start of the 20-year cycle source
• 2013 CE mainstream
  62nd rebuilding; next due 2033 source

Where

34.4550° N, 136.7258° E

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ise_Grand_Shrine

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