Hwando
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Hwando () is a mountain fortress of the ancient Korean 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.
Key facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.WHS
- Hwando Mountain City
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.image
- Hwando Mountain Fortress Rising Wall.JPG
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.image_upright
- 1.2
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.location
- Jilin, China
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.part_of
- Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.criteria
- (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID
- 1135-003
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.year
- 2004
- UNESCO World Heritage Site.locmapin
- China Jilin#China
- Chinese.c
- 尉那山城
- Chinese.pic
- Hwando Mountain Fortress 3.JPG
- Chinese.piccap
- Ruins of a watchtower at Wandu Mountain City
- Chinese.p
- Wándū Shān Chéng
- Chinese.w
- Wan-tu Shan Ch'eng
- Chinese.hangul
- 위나산성
- Chinese.hanja
- 尉那山城
- Chinese.rr
- Hwando San Seong
- Chinese.mr
- Hwando San Sŏng
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- archaeological site
- Country
- China
- Located in
- Ji'an
- Area
- 3219.21
- Image
- Entrance to Hwando Mountain Fortress.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hwando Mountain Fortress
- heritage designation
- Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level
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Hwando () is a mountain fortress of the ancient Korean 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hwando” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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