The royal tombs of the Joseon Dynasty consist of 40 tombs spread over 18 sites. The tombs were built over five centuries between 1408 and 1966 to honor ancestors, honor their merits, maintain royal authority, protect ancestral spirits from evil, and prevent vandalism. Tombs were chosen in locations of natural beauty, usually backed by hills, facing south toward water, and ideally with ridges in the distance. In addition to the burial areas, the royal tombs also have ritual areas and entrances. In addition to the tombs, the associated buildings that form part of the tombs include T-shaped wooden shrines, stele sheds, royal kitchens and guardhouses, red pointed gates, and gravekeepers' houses. The exteriors of the tombs are decorated with a variety of stone objects, including human and animal statues. The Joseon Dynasty tombs complete the 5,000-year history of royal tomb architecture on the Korean Peninsula.
| office held by head of the organization |
http://g.co/kg/m/0f9slx |
| Commons category |
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty |
| has part |
Musée national du Château de Fontainebleau |
| has part |
Seonjeongneung |
| has part |
Seooreung |
| has part |
Greco-Buddhist art |
| has part |
Yeongnyeongneung |
| has part |
Tornadizos de Ávila |
| has part |
Olleung |
| has part |
Bronze Age |
| has part |
Jongno District |
| has part |
Prague |
| has part |
Buddhist monastery |
| coordinate location |
Point(128.45277778 37.19722222) |
| start time |
2013-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| point in time |
2013-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| topic's main category |
Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality |
| Commons gallery |
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty |
| Revised Romanization |
Joseon Wangneung |
| area |
1891.2 |
| World Heritage criteria |
World Heritage selection criterion (vi) |
| World Heritage criteria |
Larousse Encyclopedia online |
| image |
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sejong%20tomb%201.jpg |
| instance of |
cemetery |
| executive body |
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty |
| location of creation |
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty |
| highest point |
Joseon Wangneung |
| start time |
2009-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| end time |
2013-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| start time |
2009-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| official name |
الأضرحة الملكية لسلالة جوزيون |
| official name |
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty |
| official name |
Tumbas reales de la dinastía Joseon |
| official name |
Tombes royales de la dynastie Joseon |
| official name |
朝鮮王朝の王墓群 |
| official name |
Koninklijke graftombes van de Joseon dynastie |
| volume as quantity |
Larousse Encyclopedia online |
| volume as quantity |
World Heritage selection criterion (vi) |
| area |
4660.1 |
| applies to part |
buffer zone |
