Sungneung (Seoul)

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Sungneung in Seoul is a royal burial site from Korea’s Joseon Dynasty, forming part of the UNESCO-listed Royal Tombs complex that preserves the dynasty’s funerary architecture and landscape.

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Seonjeongneung 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Joseon royal tomb
UNESCO World Heritage Site component
royal tomb complex
associatedWith Jungjong of Joseon NERFINISHED
Queen Jeonghyeon NERFINISHED
Seongjong of Joseon NERFINISHED
cityCoordinateSystem approximately 37.508°N 127.044°E
constructionEndCentury 16th century
constructionStartCentury 15th century
contains Jeongneung NERFINISHED
Queen Jeonghyeon’s tomb
Seolleung NERFINISHED
country South Korea
era Joseon Dynasty NERFINISHED
hasBurial King Jungjong NERFINISHED
King Seongjong NERFINISHED
Queen Jeonghyeon NERFINISHED
hasFeature T-shaped shrine hall (Jeongjagak)
ceremonial shrine buildings
guardian hill behind the tombs
outer wall enclosing the burial mounds
red-spiked gate (Hongsalmun) NERFINISHED
ritual stone table
royal kitchen building
spirit road
stone animal statues
stone statues of civil officials
stone statues of military officials
hasKoreanNameHangul 선정릉 NERFINISHED
hasMcCuneReischauerRomanization Sŏnjŏngnŭng NERFINISHED
hasRevisedRomanization Seonjeongneung NERFINISHED
hasTombType tumuli
hasWalkingTrails true
heritageCriteria UNESCO cultural criterion (iii)
UNESCO cultural criterion (iv)
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
inscriptionYear 2009
landscapeType wooded parkland
locatedIn Seoul NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Gangnam District NERFINISHED
Seolleung-dong NERFINISHED
maintainedBy Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea NERFINISHED
openToPublic true
partOf Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty NERFINISHED
religion Confucianism
surroundedBy urban high-rise development
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 1319
usedFor royal ancestral rites

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Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty hasPart Sungneung (Seoul)