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UNESCO World Heritage Sites represent some of the best natural, cultural and historic attractions in world travel. Below are details of the 12 cultural, natural and mixed sites inscribed for South Korea to date (a red World Heritage symbol denotes a site currently regarded as endangered). For more details of these properties, click on the links to the UNESCO website and the photographic galleries of these sites from OurPlace (where available) or see our highlights of South Korea for descriptions. Also, check out UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage for South Korea below.
 | 1995 - Jongmyo Shrine | Cultural site |
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| 1995 - Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple | Cultural site |
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| 1995 - Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks | Cultural site |
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| 1997 - Hwaseong Fortress | Cultural site | |
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| 1997 - Changdeokgung Palace Complex | Cultural site |
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| 2000 - Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites | Cultural site | |
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| 2000 - Gyeongju Historic Areas | Cultural site |
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| 2007 - Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes | Natural site |
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| 2009 - Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty | Cultural site | |
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| 2010 - Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong | Cultural site |
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| 2014 - Namhansanseong | Cultural site |
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| 2015 - Baekje Historic Areas | Cultural site |
Intangible Cultural Heritage
Recently UNESCO has begun to document the world's Intangible Cultural Heritage which includes "traditions or living expressions inherited from our ancestors and passed on to our descendants, such as oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals, festive events, knowledge and practices concerning nature and the universe or the knowledge and skills to produce traditional crafts". The current listings for South Korea are shown below - click on the links for more details.
Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
