🏛️ Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites

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The Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites are the location of hundreds of stone dolmens which were used as grave markers, and for ritual purposes during the first millennium BCE when the Megalithic Culture was prominent on the Korean Peninsula. The sites were designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. The Korean Peninsula is home to over 35,000 dolmens, accounting for approximately 40% of the world's total; the Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa sites are themselves home to over 1,000 dolmens.

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Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites is a cultural World Heritage site in Republic of Korea, in Asia. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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