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The White Fortress: Himeji-jo: UNESCO Culture Sector

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The White Fortress: Himeji-jo

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The White Fortress, Himeji-jyo 00:00:00
An elegant castle overlooks the city of Himeji. 00:00:08
Himeji-jyo is also known as the Castle of the White Heron. 00:00:11
It looks like a white heron gracefully taking off 00:00:15
into flight. The combination of rigid straight lines and elegant curving roofs 00:00:18
folding over the white 00:00:24
earthen walls makes for great beauty. Himeji-jyo was built at the end of the age 00:00:25
of civil wars, 00:00:32
at the end of the 16th century. It's a unique military site 00:00:33
with various defense devices and designs. 00:00:37
When the enemy makes an assault on the castle, various traps await them. 00:00:46
The first entrance to the fortress is the Hishi Gate. 00:00:50
With a gate before their eyes, what more do you expect than for them to make an 00:00:53
attempt to break through it? 00:01:00
The assailants will no doubt head for the gate, 00:01:01
however, there are two hidden spaces designed for warriors to attack the 00:01:07
invaders 00:01:11
from behind. 00:01:12
Usually the enemies succeed in breaking through the gate, waiting for them beyond 00:01:18
on numerous holes in the walls. 00:01:22
Called Hatsuma, they're holes through which guns and arrows were fired. 00:01:25
Enemy fighters who succeed in breaking through this heavy fire 00:01:29
find another design to delay their invasion as they head 00:01:36
upwards. The narrow and long steep path goes on and once 00:01:40
around the bend, a curious thing happens. 00:01:46
Their destination, the tower, which was right before their eyes, suddenly 00:01:54
vanishes from view and is situated behind. 00:01:58
The bewildered attackers lose their sense of orientation. 00:02:02
Emeji-jyo was erected 00:02:06
as an impregnable castle, however it faced a great crisis. 00:02:10
On the 3rd of July 1945, 00:02:15
Emeji was heavily bombed by American B-29s. 00:02:21
Most of the town was reduced to ashes and beyond the rubble stood the Emeji-jyo, 00:02:28
the only unscarred building in sight. 00:02:33
400 years after it was built, the White Fortress, 00:02:41
Emeji-jyo, stands without ever having fallen into the hands of its invaders. 00:02:44
It's an outstanding example 00:02:49
of world heritage. 00:02:52
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NHK World Heritage 100 Series - UNESCO
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An elegant castle overlooks the city of Himeji. Himeji-jo is also known as the Castle of the White Heron. It looks like a white heron gracefully taking off into flight. The combination of rigid straight lines and elegant curving roofs folding over the white earthen walls makes the great beauty. Himeji-jo was built at the end of the Age of Civil Wars, at the end of the 16th century. It’s a unique military sight with various defence devices and designs. When the enemy makes an assault on the castle, various traps await them. The first entrance to the fortress is the Hishi Gate (Diamond Gate). With a gate before their eyes, what more do you expect than for them to make an attempt to break through it? The assailants will no doubt head for the gate. However there are two hidden spaces designed for warriors to attack the invaders from behind. If the enemies succeed in breaking through the gate, waiting for them beyond are numerous holes in the walls. Called "hazama": they are holes through which guns and arrows were fired. Enemy fighters who succeed in breaking through this heavy fire find another design to delay their invasion as they head upwards. The narrow and long steep path goes on, and once around the bend, a curious thing happens…

Their destination, the tower, which was right before their eyes suddenly vanishes from view and is situated behind!

The bewildered attackers lose their sense of orientation. Himeji-jo was erected as an impregnable castle. However it faced a great crisis. On the 3rd of July 1945, Himeji was heavily bombed by American B29s. Most of the town was reduced to ashes, and beyond the rubble stood the Himeji-jo, the only unscarred building in sight. Four hundred years after it was built, the white fortress, Himeji-jo, stands without ever falling into the hands of its invaders. It’s now standing, example of world heritage.

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4:3 Hasta 2009 fue el estándar utilizado en la televisión PAL; muchas pantallas de ordenador y televisores usan este estándar, erróneamente llamado cuadrado, cuando en la realidad es rectangular o wide.
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