Yeongwol Jangneung (Tomb of King Danjong) [UNESCO World Heritage]

190 Danjong-ro, Yeongwol-eup, Yeongwol-gun, Gangwon State

Jangneung is the royal tomb of King Danjong (r. 1452–1455), the sixth ruler of the Joseon dynasty. After Danjong died in 1457 as the deposed Nosan-gun, local official Eom Heung-do secretly gathered h…