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This article lists the sites registered with World Heritage in South Korea.

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Site	Type	Criterion	Description	Drawing
Baekje Historic Areas (To Gongju and in the district of Buyeo in the province of South Chungcheong and in Iksan in the province of Jeolla of the North)	Cultural	(ii) (iii)	Located in the mountainous region of west-central Korea, this serial property includes eight archaeological sites dating from AD 475-660. J.-C: the Gongsanseong Fortress and the Royal Tombs of Songsan-ri linked to the Ungjin Capital (present-day Gongju), the Busosanseong Fortress and the Gwanbuk-ri Administrative Buildings, the Jeongnimsa Temple, the Royal Tombs of Neungsan-ri and the city ​​walls of Naseong linked to the capital Sabi (current Buyeo), the royal palace of Wanggung-ri and the Mireuksa temple in Iksan, linked to the second capital Sabi. Together, they symbolize the last period of the kingdom of Baekje - one of the first three kingdoms on the Korean peninsula (18 BC to 660 AD) - during which exchanges existed technological, religious (Buddhism), cultural and artistic considerable between the ancient kingdoms of East Asia in Korea, China and Japan.	UNESCO sheet
Changdeokgung Palace Complex (To Seoul)	Cultural	(ii) (iii) (iv)		UNESCO sheet
37.2807127.01021 Hwaseong Fortress (To Suwon in the province of Gyeonggi)	Cultural	(ii) (iii)	When Emperor Chongjo of the Choson dynasty transferred his father's tomb to Suwon at the end of the 18th centurye century, he surrounded it with important defensive works designed according to the precepts of an influential military architect of the time, who combined the latest discoveries of the East and the West in this field. The massive ramparts, which stretch for almost 6 km, pierced with four gates and equipped with bastions, artillery towers and other elements, still remain.	UNESCO sheet
Seokguram cave and Bulguksa temple (To Gyeongju in the province of North Gyeongsang)	Cultural	(i) (iv)		UNESCO sheet
Namhansanseong (To 25 km south-east of Seoul in the province of Gyeonggi)	Cultural	(ii) (iv)		UNESCO sheet
Jongmyo Shrine (To Seoul)	Cultural	(iv)		UNESCO sheet
Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa dolmen sites (To Incheon, in Jeolla of the North and in South Jeolla)	Cultural	(iii)		UNESCO sheet
Haeinsa Janggyeong Panjeon Temple, the deposits of the tablets of Tripitaka Koreana(in Gayasan National Park in the province of South Gyeongsang)	Cultural	(iv) (vi)		UNESCO sheet
Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty (spread over 18 sites in and around Seoul)	Cultural	(iii) (iv) (vi)		UNESCO sheet
Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong(in the province of North Gyeongsang)	Cultural	(iii) (iv)		UNESCO sheet
Historic areas of Gyeongju	Cultural	(ii) (iii)		UNESCO sheet
Volcanic island and lava tunnels Jeju	Natural	(vii) (viii)		UNESCO sheet
Criteria legend (i) Represent a masterpiece of human creative genius. (ii) To testify to a considerable exchange of influences during a given period or in a specific cultural area, on the development of architecture or technology, monumental arts, city planning or the creation of landscapes. (iii) To bring a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or a living or disappeared civilization. (iv) To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates one or more significant periods in human history. (v) To be a prominent example of traditional human settlement, traditional use of land or sea. (vi) To be directly or materially associated with events or living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (vii) Represent natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance. (viii) To be eminently representative examples of the great stages in the history of the Earth. (ix) To be eminently representative examples of ecological and biological processes underway in the evolution and development of ecosystems. (x) Contain the most representative natural habitats and the most important for conservation in situ of biological diversity.

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