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located in the mountainous mid-western region of the republic of korea, this property comprises eight archaeological sites dating from 475 to 660 ce, including the gongsanseong fortress and royal tombs at songsan-ri related to the capital, ungjin (present day gongju), the busosanseong fortress and gwanbuk-ri administrative buildings, the jeongnimsa temple, the royal tombs in neungsan-ri and the naseong city wall related to the capital, sabi (now buyeo), the royal palace at wanggung-ri and the mireuksa temple in iksan related to the secondary sabi capital. together, these sites represent the later period of the baekje kingdom – one of the three earliest kingdoms on the korean peninsula (18 bce to 660 ce) - during which time they were at the crossroads of considerable technological, religious (buddhist), cultural and artistic exchanges between the ancient east asian kingdoms in korea, china and japan. |
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