Yureung

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Yureung is a royal tomb from Korea’s Joseon Dynasty, notable as the burial site of Emperor Gojong and Empress Myeongseong and recognized as part of a UNESCO World Heritage complex.

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Label Occurrences
Yureung canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Joseon Dynasty royal tomb
royal tomb
architecturalStyle Joseon royal tomb style
associatedWith Korean Empire
Korean monarchy
burialPlaceOf Emperor Gojong
Empress Myeongseong
Gojong of Korea
Myeongseong of Korea
category Cultural heritage
country South Korea
dynasty Joseon Dynasty
linked to: Joseon
era late Joseon period
linked to: Early Modern Korean
hasAccess public
hasPart burial mound
guardian statues
ritual shrine
spirit road
stele pavilion
stone figures
heritageDesignation Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty
UNESCO World Heritage Site
languageOfName Korean
locatedIn Gyeonggi Province
Namyangju
locatedNear Seoul
maintainedBy Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea
partOf Donggureung
Korean Confucian funerary tradition
protectionStatus State-designated cultural property of South Korea
religion Confucianism
significance burial site of the first Korean emperor of the Korean Empire
touristAttraction true
UNESCOCriteria (iii)
(iv)
UNESCOListingYear 2009
UNESCOSiteId 1319
usedFor royal ancestral rites

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

Hongyureung hasPart Yureung
Soonjong burialPlace Yureung