Baekje Historic Areas

Baekje Historic Areas

The Baekje Historic Areas represents a group of monuments of three cities, the Gongju, the Buyeo and the Iksan, on the Korean peninsula. They relate to the last period of the Baekje Kingdom representing the period from 475 to 660 CE, which was one of the three kingdoms which flourished from 18 BC to 660 AD. The property designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site has eight archaeological sites. These are: The Gongsanseong fortress (공주 공산성) and the royal tombs at Songsan-ri related to the capital city of Ungjin, now Gongju; the Busosanseong Fortress (부소산성) and Gwanbuk-ri administrative buildings, the Jeongnimsa Temple, the Neungsan-ri royal tombs, and the Naseong city wall in Buyeo CountySabi, now Buyeo; and the Wanggung-ri Palace and the Mireuksa Temple in Iksan a subsidiary capital region of Sabi.^[2][3]

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