Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty

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UNESCO World Heritage Site cultural heritage site royal necropolis

The Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty are a collection of meticulously planned royal burial sites around Seoul that reflect the Confucian ideals, architectural traditions, and political history of Korea’s long-ruling Joseon monarchy.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty canonical 2
Donggureung cluster of royal tombs 1
Jeongneung Royal Tombs area 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
royal necropolis ⓘ
architecturalStyle Joseon Dynasty architecture ⓘ
associatedDynasty Joseon ⓘ
surface form: Joseon Dynasty
bufferZoneArea 5434.6 ha ⓘ
burialType royal tombs ⓘ
buriedPersons Joseon kings ⓘ
Joseon queens ⓘ
royal family members ⓘ
coreZoneArea 183.7 ha ⓘ
country South Korea ⓘ
endTime 1966 ⓘ
hasPart Donggureung ⓘ
Gangneung ⓘ
surface form: Gangneung (Guri)

Donggureung ⓘ
surface form: Gwangneung

Heolleung and Illeung ⓘ
Heungneung ⓘ
Hongyureung ⓘ
Hwireung ⓘ
Hyeonreung ⓘ
Jangneung (Gimpo) ⓘ
Jangneung (Yeongwol) ⓘ
Mokneung ⓘ
Myeongneung ⓘ
Donggureung ⓘ
surface form: Sareung

Sareung (Namyangju) ⓘ
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Seonjeongneung

Donggureung ⓘ
surface form: Seooreung

Mokneung ⓘ
surface form: Sungneung

Sungneung (Seoul) ⓘ
Donggureung ⓘ
surface form: Sureung

Donggureung ⓘ
surface form: Taeneung

Taereung and Gangneung ⓘ
Uireung ⓘ
Yeongneung (Paju) ⓘ
Yeoju ⓘ
surface form: Yeongneung (Yeoju)

Yeongneung and Nyeongneung ⓘ
Donggureung ⓘ
surface form: Yeongtaeung

Yureung ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionYear 2009 ⓘ
locatedIn Gyeonggi Province ⓘ
Incheon ⓘ
Seoul Capital Area ⓘ
locatedNear Seoul ⓘ
maintainedBy Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea ⓘ
numberOfSites 18 ⓘ
numberOfTombs 40 ⓘ
partOf Joseon Dynasty cultural heritage ⓘ
religion Confucianism ⓘ
significantFor integration of architecture and natural landscape ⓘ
reflection of Joseon political history ⓘ
representation of Confucian royal funerary practices ⓘ
startTime 1408 ⓘ
UNESCORegion Asia-Pacific ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 1319 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seoul → hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty ⓘ
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty → hasPart → Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seonjeongneung
Guri → hasHistoricalSite → Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty ⓘ
Sunjong of Korea → burialPlace → Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yureung Royal Tomb
Sunjong of Korea → burialSite → Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Donggureung cluster of royal tombs
Seongbuk District → hasPark → Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jeongneung Royal Tombs area