Tonggurung
Sign in to saveDonggureung (), is a cluster of royal tombs from the Joseon dynasty, the largest of its kind in South Korea. 17 Joseon kings and queens are buried here. The cluster also houses a myo-type tomb (of a royal family member). It is located in Guri, Gyeonggi Province.
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Vinony's link graph records 9 inbound references to Tonggurung, and connects out to Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty, Korea Heritage Service and South Korea.
The entry is geolocated on the map in landmark, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Guri, Historic Sites (South Korea) and Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty.
Vinony links it to 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Country
- South Korea
- Located in
- Guri
- Area
- 384.6
- Image
- 동구릉1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Geonwolleung
- Revised Romanization
- Donggureung
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- Tongkurŭng
- heritage designation
- Historic sites of South Korea
- street address
- 경기도 구리시 동구릉로 197
- postal code
- 11910
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Encyclopedic overview
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- List of tombs
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Donggureung (), is a cluster of royal tombs from the Joseon dynasty, the largest of its kind in South Korea. 17 Joseon kings and queens are buried here. The cluster also houses a myo-type tomb (of a royal family member). It is located in Guri, Gyeonggi Province.
The construction was ordered by King Taejong in 1408 and the ninth tomb was placed there in 1855.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tonggurung” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations