North Breakwater Dome
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The North Breakwater Dome (北防波堤ドーム, kita bōhatei dōmu) is a long arched "semi-domical" structure in the port area of Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan. Rising to a height of 13.6 metres (45 ft) above the sea and extending some 427 metres (1,401 ft), with seventy columns, an intercolumniation of 6 metres (20 ft), and a width from column to wall of 8 metres (26 ft), the form, inspired by a Roman arcade, is said to be without parallel.[1][2]
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North Breakwater Dome | |
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北防波堤ドーム | |
General information | |
Address | 1 Kaiun |
Town or city | Wakkanai, Hokkaidō |
Country | Japan |
Coordinates | 45°25′13″N 141°40′50″E |
Opened | 1936 |
Renovated | 1978–1981 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Tsuchiya Minoru |
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