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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Label Occurrences
Hongneung, Seoul 1
Sungneung (Seoul) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Joseon royal tomb
UNESCO World Heritage Site component
royal tomb complex
associatedWith Jungjong of Joseon
Queen Jeonghyeon
Seongjong of Joseon
cityCoordinateSystem approximately 37.508°N 127.044°E
constructionEndCentury 16th century
constructionStartCentury 15th century
contains Jeongneung
Queen Jeonghyeon’s tomb
Seolleung
country South Korea
era Joseon Dynasty
linked to: Joseon
hasBurial King Jungjong
King Seongjong
Queen Jeonghyeon
hasFeature T-shaped shrine hall (Jeongjagak)
ceremonial shrine buildings
guardian hill behind the tombs
outer wall enclosing the burial mounds
red-spiked gate (Hongsalmun)
ritual stone table
royal kitchen building
spirit road
stone animal statues
stone statues of civil officials
stone statues of military officials
hasKoreanNameHangul 선정릉
hasMcCuneReischauerRomanization Sŏnjŏngnŭng
hasRevisedRomanization Seonjeongneung
linked to: 선정릉
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
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Gangnam District
Seolleung-dong
linked to: Seocho-dong
maintainedBy Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea
openToPublic true
partOf Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty
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)
Empress Myeongseong burialPlace Hongneung, Seoul
linked to: Sungneung (Seoul)