Back Fortaleza de Hwando AST Wandu Catalan Wandu Shancheng German Fortaleza de Hwando Spanish هواندو Persian Sites des anciennes villes de Hwando et Gungnae French Hwando ID 丸都城 Japanese 위나암성 Korean Hwando Portuguese
| UNESCO World Heritage Site | |||||||||
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| Location | Jilin, China | ||||||||
| Part of | Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom | ||||||||
| Criteria | Cultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v) | ||||||||
| Reference | 1135-003 | ||||||||
| Inscription | 2004 (28th Session) | ||||||||
| Area | 3,219.21 ha (7,954.8 acres) | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°9′51.2″N 126°6′55.9″E / 41.164222°N 126.115528°E | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Chinese | 尉那山城 | ||||||||
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| Korean name | |||||||||
| Hangul | 위나산성 | ||||||||
| Hanja | 尉那山城 | ||||||||
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  Location of Hwando in Jilin  Hwando (China) | |||||||||
Hwando (Chinese: 丸都; pinyin: Wandu) is a mountain fortress of the ancient Korean[1] kingdom of Goguryeo, built to protect Goguryeo's second capital, Gungnae. It is located in present-day Ji'an city of the province of Jilin, China.
The fortress is located 2.5 km west of Ji'an, Jilin province in Northeast China, near the North Korean border. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom, together with nearby Gungnae City and the Ohnyeosan City, because of its historical importance and exceptional architecture.[2]
- ^ Complex of Koguryo Tombs (UNESCO/NHK) (Youtube). UNESCO. 2010.
- ^ "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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