Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of ... (UNESCO/NHK)

2,624 views · Published 5 November 2013 · 2:59 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: UNESCO · 2013 · Nonprofits & Activism

Watch on YouTube

Five hundred years of Ryukyuan history (12th-17th century) are represented by this group of sites and monuments. The ruins of the castles, on imposing elevated sites, are evidence for the social structure over much of that period, while the sacred sites provide mute testimony to the rare survival of an ancient form of religion into the modern age. The wide- ranging economic and cultural contacts of the Ryukyu Islands over that period gave  ...

Source: UNESCO TV / © NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai
URL: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/972/

More from this channel

• 2:49 Historic Quarter of the Seaport City of Valparaíso (UNESCO/NHK)

  UNESCO

  4,512 views · 25 March 2013

• 2:51 Sewell Mining Town (UNESCO/NHK)

  UNESCO

  3,542 views · 25 March 2013

• 2:53 Historic Centre of São Luís (UNESCO/NHK)

  UNESCO

  2,382 views · 26 March 2013

• 2:47 Levoča, Spišský Hrad and the Associated Cultural ... (UNESCO/NHK)

  UNESCO

  1,926 views · 26 March 2013

• 2:55 Bardejov Town Conservation Reserve (UNESCO/NHK)

  UNESCO

  2,689 views · 26 March 2013

• 2:53 Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco (UNESCO/NHK)

  UNESCO

  4,190 views · 26 March 2013

• 2:56 Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and ... (UNESCO/NHK)

  UNESCO

  4,932 views · 26 March 2013

• 2:51 Bordeaux, Port of the Moon (UNESCO/NHK)

  UNESCO

  4,437 views · 26 March 2013