Promotion of Integrated World Heritage Registration for 'Bukhansanseong~Tangchundaeseong~Hanyangdoseong'

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province is joining hands with Seoul and Goyang City to actively promote the integrated UNESCO World Heritage inscription of Bukhansanseong, Tangchundaeseong, and Hanyangdoseong?fortress walls of the Joseon Dynasty capital that share historical value.

On the 27th, Gyeonggi Province announced that on the 30th, it will jointly hold an international academic symposium titled "Capital Defense System Military Heritage" with Seoul and Goyang City at the Swiss Grand Hotel in Seoul.

The symposium aims to share the value of precious domestic cultural heritage such as Bukhansanseong and the requirements of the international community, and to apply to the Cultural Heritage Administration for priority World Heritage inscription this November.

Accordingly, the symposium will focus on the necessity of UNESCO World Heritage inscription for Hanyangdoseong, its surrounding area Bukhansanseong, and Tangchundaeseong, which connects the two.

In particular, recent international norms adopted in the World Heritage field, such as the guidelines of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) concerning defense facilities and military heritage, as well as international trends regarding defense facilities and military heritage, will be discussed.

Previously, Gyeonggi Province has been cooperating with Seoul City since 2021 to achieve integrated World Heritage inscription.

Meanwhile, domestic and international experts will conduct field surveys of Bukhansanseong, Tangchundaeseong, and Hanyangdoseong from the 27th to the 29th ahead of the symposium. The symposium will discuss in greater detail the characteristics of the heritage sites confirmed during the surveys. Experts will also have time to compare European defense facilities with the defensive features of Joseon’s capital fortress walls.

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