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[[Image:Heijo-daigokuden.jpg|right|thumb|500px|The Daigokuden (Great Audience Hall), rebuilt 2010.]]
[[Image:Heijo-daigokuden.jpg|right|thumb|500px|The Daigokuden (Great Audience Hall), rebuilt 2010.]]
[[File:Heijokyo.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Model of the inner palace compounds, at the National Museum of Japanese History]]
*''Built: [[710]]''
*''Built: [[710]]''
*''Abandoned: [[784]]''
*''Abandoned: [[784]]''
*''Japanese'': 平城宮 ''(heijou kyuu)''
*''Japanese'': [[平城]]宮 ''(heijou kyuu)''
The Heijô Imperial Palace, in [[Heijo-kyo|Heijô-kyô]] (today, the city of [[Nara]]), served as the Imperial Palace from [[710]] until [[784]]. Like other early Japanese Imperial capitals, the palace and its surrounding city were based closely on Chinese models.
The Heijô Imperial Palace, in [[Heijo-kyo|Heijô-kyô]] (today, the city of [[Nara]]), served as the Imperial Palace from [[710]] until [[784]]. Like other early Japanese Imperial capitals, the palace and its surrounding city were based closely on Chinese models.