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North Korea UNESCO world heritage sites

Kaesong-Si province [capital = Kaesong]

Historic Monuments in Kaesong see detail
The serial property consists of twelve separate property components, five of which are separate sections of the Kaesong City Walls forming parts of the triple-walled Koryo defence system.

Namp'o Si province [capital = Namp'o]

Koguryo Tombs in Kangso + Tokhung-ri + Yaksu-ri + Susan-ri + Ryonggang
The tombs are monumental, stone-chambered earthen mounds that were skillfully constructed with ingenious ceiling designs to support the heavy weight above. The technology employed represented a unique, creative and long-sought engineering solution to the technical problems posed by underground tomb construction. The wall paintings constitute masterpieces of the art of wall painting. The subject matter of the wall paintings of the tombs offers unique evidence of the richness and complexity of the now-vanished Koguryo culture, portraying the costumes, food, residential life and burial customs, as well as religious practices and imagery associated with Buddhism, Taoism and the Four Deities.

Pyongyang province [capital = Pyongyang]

Koguryo Tombs in Chong-dong + Chongrung
See above.

South Hwanghae province [capital = Haeju]

Koguryo Tombs in Anak
See above

South Pyongan province [capital = Pyongson]

Koguryo Tombs in Tokhwa-ri
See above