Republic of Korea, Hwaseong Fortress site plan

When the Choson emperor Chongjo moved his father's tomb to Suwon at the end of the 18th century, he surrounded it with strong defensive works, laid out according to the precepts of an influential military architect of the period, who brought together

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DC_Title Republic of Korea, Hwaseong Fortress site plan
DC_Subject_Specific Urban Planning map of Suwon city;Choson period;Republic of Korea;UNESCO; UNESCO-WHC;World Heritage Site
DC_Description When the Choson emperor Chongjo moved his father's tomb to Suwon at the end of the 18th century, he surrounded it with strong defensive works, laid out according to the precepts of an influential military architect of the period, who brought together
DC_Language eng
DC_Type Image
DC_Format Image;TimeMap Dataset
DC_Publisher UNESCO
DC_Contributor_CorporateName Archaeological Computing Laboratory, University of Sydney
DC_Coverage_X_min 126.9252
DC_Coverage_X_max 127.0049
DC_Coverage_Y_min 37.1957
DC_Coverage_Y_max 37.3135
DC_Coverage_T_Early 1750-01-01T00:00:00
DC_Coverage_T_Late 2003-01-01T00:00:00
DC_Coverage_PeriodName Late 18th Century until the 21st Century
DC_Coverage_PlaceName Suwon, Korea
ECAI_Team Worldwide
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