📸 The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has put a group of archaeological sites from the Asuka period in the Japanese prefecture of Nara on the World Cultural Heritage List, the Foreign Ministry said.

The object was named the Palace Capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara. The complex covers 19 monuments of the VI - early VIII century, located mainly in the village of Asuka, as well as in the cities of Kashihara and Sakurai. They include the ruins of the Asuka Palace, where the residence of Emperor Tenmu was supposedly located, and the Takamatsuzuka mound, famous for its ornate colored frescoes.