Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery on Mt. Taesong

Image View Description

Busts and Main Monument

Date

built 1975; renovated 1985

Work Type
architecture
Subject
Architecture--Korea (North), Architecture--Korea (North)--P'yongyang
Location
Pyongyang (Korea), Pyongyang Province
Notes

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

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
Lorenzo Vigotti
Record ID
DPRK_1166