Thursday, November 26, 2015


Korea's "Baekje Historic Areas" are presently an Unesco World Heritage Site, after the 39th session of the World Heritage Committee now in progress in Bonn, Germany, settled on the choice to incorporate it on Saturday.
The session, which started on June 28, finishes up on July 8. The "Baekje Historic Areas" allude to a gathering of eight locales situated in Iksan, North Jeolla and Gongju and Buyeo, South Chungcheong, which were essential settings for the recent piece of the historical backdrop of Korea's Baekje Kingdom (18 B.C. - 668 A.D.).
 The eight destinations incorporate legacy things like Buddhist sanctuary locales, stone posts and gatherings of tombs. They incorporate the Mireuk Temple site (Iksan), Gongsan Fortress (Gongju), the Jeongnimsa Temple site, Neungsan-ri Ancient Tombs and Naseong Fortress of Baekje (Buyeo). "The site shows that intelligent trades occurred at the season of the antiquated kingdoms in three nations inside of East Asia - Korea, China and Japan," said Rha Sun-hwa, the leader of the Cultural Heritage Administration, clarifying the parts of the zone that added to the underwriting.
 "It additionally embodies Baekje's reasoning on life and religion and in addition building innovation and feel," she said, including that the Korean government will work to enhance administration of these locales, fortifying the checking of wall paintings inside the catacombs specifically. With this support, Korea now has 12 Unesco-perceived world legacy locales, including both social and characteristic destinations.
Some of them are Changdeok Palace (added to the rundown in 1997), Gyeongju Historic Areas (2000), Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon (1995), Jongmyo Shrine (1995), Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty (2009) and Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple (1995).

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