Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery on Mt. Taesong

Detail: Sculpture of Revolutionaries

Date

built 1975; renovated 1985

Geographic Coordinates
39.078842, 125.828736
Measurements
30 hectares

Work Type

Notes

The cemetery, covering 30 hectares, contains hundreds of tombs. Notable people buried are Kim Il-Sung's wife and his mother.

Subject

Architecture--Korea (North)
Architecture--Korea (North)--P'yongyang
Image Date
8/14/12
Image Source

Personal collection of Lorenzo Vigotti, available in collaboration with the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University

Photographer