King Kongmin Tomb

Exterior: Outward View from Front of Site

Title Variant
Hyonjongrung Royal Tomb
Date

14th Century

Geographic Coordinates
37.982497, 126.473228
Notes

Tomb of King Kongmin (1330-74), or Hyonjongrung Royal Tomb. The site consists of two separate burial mounds, Hyonrung, which contain the remains of Kongmin, 31st king of the Koryo Dynasty, and Jongrung, which contains his wife, the Mongolian princess Queen Noguk.

Subject

Architecture--Korea (North)
Image Date
8/12/12
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