The Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion Temple) is one of Kyoto's most famous sites. The original structure was built in 1397 as a retirement villa for a local Shogun. Later, it was converted into a Zen Buddhist temple.
In 1950 the temple was burned to the ground by a disturbed monk obsessed with its beauty. The current structure dates from 1955 and is completely covered in pure gold leaf apart from the ground floor. 
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