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Special Historic Site: Baekje Temple Ruins
The Baekje Temple Ruins are the remains of a temple that is believed to have been built in the latter half of the Nara period by the Baekje royal family, descendants of the royal family of Baekje, as a clan temple. Many elaborately crafted circular foundation stones remain, and it is one of the few ruins where the earthen platforms of the main halls and pagodas from when they were first built in the Nara period are still in good condition. Combined with the historical background of the Baekje royal family, this is a valuable historical site that shows the historical facts of cultural exchange between ancient Japan and Korea, and for this reason it was designated a National Historic Site in 1941 and a Special Historic Site in 1952.
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昭和・平成に行った３回の発掘調査によって、南門・中門・金堂・講堂・北方建物（食堂）・北門が中軸線上に並び、中門から発した回廊が金堂に取りつき、回廊内に東西に２つの塔が並ぶ建物の配置がわかっています。また寺の周囲は１４０m四方で築地塀が廻り、堂塔院・僧院のほかに少なくとも４つの区画に分かれていたことが明らかになりました。建物の基壇（基礎）には凝灰岩切石を用いており、平城京の大寺院と同じような立派さです。古代の一時期、天皇家に次ぐ有力氏族であった百済王氏の寺院として、格の高い寺院であったことがわかります。
再整備基本計画に基づき、平成２７年度から本格的に再整備工事に着手し、令和６年度をもって堂塔院などの中心建物の基壇や築地塀の復元などの整備が完了しました。説明板を多言語（英語・中国語・韓国語）化を実施したほか、自身のスマートフォン等で百済寺の創建当時をイメージしたAR映像をご覧いただけます。
| Event period and date | All year round |
|---|---|
| Business hours and holidays | 終日 休：なし（予約制の観光バス駐車場は12月29日～1月3日休み） |
| Price | Free |
| Contact Us | Hirakata City Tourism and Promotion Department, Cultural Properties Division 072-841-1411 |
| Address | 4340 Nakamiya Nishinocho, Hirakata City |
| Access |
Approximately 7 minutes walk east from Keihan Miyanosaka Station |
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