Hiromura Embankment
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The Hiromura Embankment (広村堤防, Hiromura teibō) is an Edo period seawall on the Kii Channel coast in what is now part of the town of Hirogawa, Wakayama, Japan.[1] It was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1938.[2] It was built by Hamaguchi Goryō after the 1854 Ansei-Nankai earthquake and continued to protect the town against the tsunami of the 1946 Nankai earthquake.
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広村堤防 | |
Location | Hirogawa, Wakayama, Japan |
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Region | Kansai region |
Coordinates | 34°1′40″N 135°10′19″E |
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Periods | Edo period |
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