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Kuwana suigo and Ibi-Nagara waju（桑名の水郷と揖斐長良の輪中）

くわなのわじゅう Ring Levees of Kuwana

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Whole villages ringed by their own levees, each homestead keeping a stone-raised refuge building against flood.

Type	Architecture
Genre	Architecture / Outdoor art / Land art
City / town	Kuwana
Founded / opened	Edo period
Area in the prefecture	Hokusei

FAQ

Where is Ring Levees of Kuwana?: It is in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is an architecture.
What can I see at Ring Levees of Kuwana?: Whole villages ringed by their own levees, each homestead keeping a stone-raised refuge building against flood. The focus is architecture, land art.
When was Ring Levees of Kuwana established?: It dates from the Edo period.

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