Gungnae

Guonei City
UNESCO World Heritage Site
LocationJi'an, Jilin, China
Part ofCapital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom
Reference1135-002
Inscription2004 (28th Session)
Area59.24 ha (146.4 acres)
Coordinates41°8′19.4″N 126°10′34.3″E / 41.138722°N 126.176194°E / 41.138722; 126.176194
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese國內城
Simplified Chinese国内城
Korean name
Hangul국내성
Hanja國內城
Gungnae is located in Jilin
Gungnae
Location of Gungnae in Jilin
Gungnae is located in China
Gungnae
Gungnae (China)

Gungnaeseong (Korean국내성; Hanja國內城) or Guonei (Chinese: 國內) was the capital of the ancient Korean[1] kingdom of Goguryeo, which was located in Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula.[2] The perimeter of its outer fortress measures 2,686m.[3] It is located in present day Ji'an city, Jilin province, northeast China. Because of its historical importance and exceptional architecture, Gungnae was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2004.[4] It is part of the Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom World Heritage Site, together with nearby Hwando Mountain City and the Onyeosan City, in modern northeast China.

  1. ^ Complex of Koguryo Tombs (UNESCO/NHK) (Youtube). UNESCO. 2010.
  2. ^ The Capital City of Koguryo Viewed from the Satellite (enlarged edition) Northeast Asian History Foundation, Retrieved 2015-06-27
  3. ^ (in Korean) "Gungnae Fortress", Naver encyclopedia
  4. ^ "Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 10 Apr 2021.

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