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Twelve naval warehouses surviving together - a military complex preserved as an ensemble of brickwork.
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The Maizuru Red Brick Warehouses are 12 red brick warehouses in the former Maizuru Naval Ordnance Department Headquarters district (now Maizuru Port Waterfront) in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture. Also called the Kitasui Red Brick Warehouses. The cultural property designation name is Former Maizuru Naval District Warehouse Facilities. They are a National Important Cultural Property and a Modernization Industrial Heritage. The Maizuru Naval District was established in Maizuru in 1901 (Meiji 34), and these are red brick buildings built by the former Imperial Japanese Navy throughout the Meiji and Taisho periods.
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Founded / opened：1902 Highlights / collection：12 warehouses of the former Navy, English-bond brickwork Genre：Architecture
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