Exterior: Statues
Title Variant:
Hyonjongrung Royal Tomb
Date:
14th Century
Location:
Location 2:
Geographic Coordinates:
Latitude: 38.021319000000
Longitude: 126.526453000000
Longitude: 126.526453000000
Work Type:
Work Type 2:
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)
Photographer:
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
Image Date:
8/12/12