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Baekje Historic Areas
Site number:
1477
Type of site: Cultural
Date: 10-14 centuries
Date of Inscription: 2015
Location: Asia, Republic of Korea, mid-western region
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Other languages: Georgian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese
Description: Located in the mountainous mid-western region of the Republic of Korea, this property comprises eight archaeological sites dating from 475 to 660 CE, including the Gongsanseong fortress and royal tombs at Songsan-ri related to the capital, Ungjin (present day Gongju), the Busosanseong Fortress and Gwanbuk-ri administrative buildings, and the Naseong city wall related to the capital, Sabi (now Buyeo), the royal palace at Wanggung-ri and the Mireuksa Temple in Iksan related to the secondary Sabi capital. Together, these sites represent the later period of the Baekje Kingdom – one of the three earliest kingdoms on the Korean peninsula (18 BCE to 660 CE) - during which time they were at the crossroads of considerable technological, religious (Buddhist), cultural and artistic exchanges between the ancient East Asian kingdoms in Korea, China and Japan. --WHMNet's description is from WHC Site, where additional information is available.
  Baekje Historic Areas is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in South Korea. The heritage site includes: Gongsanseong Fortress of Gongju (공주 공산성), Royal tombs at Songsan-ri, Busosanseong Fortess of Buyeo (부소산성) and Gwanbuk-ri administrative buildings, Naseong city walls in Sabi, and Wanggung-ri and the Mireuksa Temple in Iksan. --Wikipedia. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Source: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1477
Source2: Wikipedia (http://wikipedia.com)
Reference: 1. UNESCO World Heritage Center (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1477 ). 2. Wikipedia.
 
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