Gaegyeong

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Gaegyeong was the principal royal and administrative capital of the Korean kingdom of Goryeo, located in what is now Kaesong, North Korea.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gaegyeong canonical 21
Hanseong (Goryeo) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former city ⓘ
historical capital city ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gaeseong ⓘ
Songdo ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty House of Wang ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Mongol invasions of Korea ⓘ
founding of Goryeo dynasty ⓘ
capitalOf Goryeo ⓘ
country Goryeo ⓘ
foundedBy Taejo of Goryeo ⓘ
function cultural center of Goryeo ⓘ
economic center of Goryeo ⓘ
political center of Goryeo ⓘ
geopoliticalStatus former capital now within North Korea ⓘ
governedBy Goryeo monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Goryeo
heritageStatus site of Kaesong Historic Monuments and Sites ⓘ
historicalPeriod Goryeo dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Goryeo
historicalRegion Goryeo territory ⓘ
languageOfName Korean ⓘ
locatedIn Kaesong ⓘ
Korean Peninsula ⓘ
North Korea ⓘ
modernName Kaesong ⓘ
notableFor Buddhist temples ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
palace complexes ⓘ
partOf history of Korea ⓘ
predecessor Sanggyeong ⓘ
region Hwanghae region ⓘ
linked to: Hwanghae Province
religionDominant Buddhism ⓘ
religionPresent Confucianism ⓘ
role administrative capital of Goryeo ⓘ
principal royal capital of Goryeo ⓘ
scriptOfHistoricalName Classical Chinese ⓘ
servedAs seat of central government of Goryeo ⓘ
strategicLocation between northern and southern regions of Korea ⓘ
successor Hanseong ⓘ
Hanyang ⓘ
linked to: Hanseong
typeOfSettlement walled city ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponentOf Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong ⓘ
urbanStructure market districts ⓘ
palace district ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
usedAsCapitalFrom 918 ⓘ
usedAsCapitalUntil 1392 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Goryeo → capital → Gaegyeong ⓘ
Emperor Gongmin → deathPlace → Gaegyeong ⓘ
Kaesong → historicalName → Gaegyeong ⓘ
Kaesong → historicalName → Hanseong (Goryeo) ⓘ
linked to: Gaegyeong
Uicheon → birthPlace → Gaegyeong ⓘ
King of Goryeo → capital → Gaegyeong ⓘ
King U of Goryeo → birthPlace → Gaegyeong ⓘ
King Gongmin of Goryeo → capital → Gaegyeong ⓘ
Wang Gi → placeOfRule → Gaegyeong ⓘ
Wang Jeon → deathPlace → Gaegyeong ⓘ
Wang Jeon → capitalDuringReign → Gaegyeong ⓘ
Gongmin of Goryeo → placeOfDeath → Gaegyeong ⓘ
subject linked to: Gongmin
Gongmin of Goryeo → capitalDuringReign → Gaegyeong ⓘ
subject linked to: Gongmin
House of Wang → capital → Gaegyeong ⓘ
Sin Don → workLocation → Gaegyeong ⓘ