No Nails

Buildings constructed without the use of nails.

Connected Sites

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Ancient Kyoto Kiyomizudera: "The main hall, which together with the stage was built without the use of nails," (japan-guide.com)
KernavÄ— The original structures such as the wooden chapel, as well as the replicas in the attached Open Air Museum were built without the use of nails
Kizhi Pogost
Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor Xi'an Drum Tower: "there is no iron nail used anywhere in the Tower"
Urnes Stave Church

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