Taereung and Gangneung Royal Tombs

태릉과 강릉

The Joseon Royal Tombs Exhibition Hall, which covers the tombs as a whole, stands inside this precinct. If several tombs are on the itinerary, starting here is what makes the rest legible.

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Gangneung’s two mounds side by side with the civil and military figures facing each other in front, showing its twin-mound form

Place information

Korean name: 태릉과 강릉
Address: 681 Hwarang-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul
Opening hours: Feb–May, Sep–Oct 09:00–18:00 (last entry 17:00) Jun–Aug 09:00–18:30 (last entry 17:30) Jan, Nov–Dec 09:00–17:30 (last entry 16:30)
Closed: Every Mon (open if it falls on a public holiday; closed the next weekday instead)
Time needed: 1 hour
Admission: ₩1,000
Operated by: Royal Palaces and Tombs Centre

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Prices

Adult(domestic visitors 25-64, foreign visitors 19-64)	₩1,000
Admission(Korean nationals aged 24 and under or 65 and over (photo ID required))	Free
Admission(foreign visitors aged 18 and under or 65 and over)	Free
Admission(visitors wearing hanbok, including modernised hanbok)	Free
the last Wednesday of each month, Culture Day	Free
Group(groups of ten or more)	₩800

Source: Royal Palaces and Tombs Centre — royal tomb admission · Aug 19, 2026

What to see

Joseon Royal Tombs Exhibition Hall

The Joseon Royal Tombs Exhibition Hall first opened in 2009 and was reorganised in 2021. It is the principal exhibition for the royal tombs as a whole, arranged as an overview of all of them, a closer look at the state funeral and the management of grave goods, and the story of Taereung and Gangneung.

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Nearby

Geonwolleung’s T-shaped shrine from the side yard, the burial mound rising on the hill behind it and small ancillary buildings standing to either side

Donggureung Royal Tombs

Nine royal tombs in one wood, so the changing form of the tomb — from the founding of Joseon almost to the Korean Empire — can be walked in a single visit. Taejo’s mound at Geonwolleung is covered in silver grass rather than turf.

Uireung’s T-shaped shrine from above, with the two burial mounds stacked one above the other on the hill behind

Uireung Royal Tomb

The former KCIA auditorium still stands inside the tomb walls. The July 4th North-South Joint Statement was announced in that building, so a Joseon royal tomb and twentieth-century political history share one precinct.

Gyeongdong Market

It closes at 18:00 and most stores are shut on Sundays, so it suits a morning visit rather than an evening one. People come here for ginseng, medicinal herbs and ingredients more than for food.

Jeongneung’s T-shaped shrine, with Queen Sindeok’s burial mound on the rise behind it

Jeongneung Royal Tomb

It opens at 06:00 under the early-admission rule, so it doubles as a morning walking route. It is the tomb of Queen Sindeok, King Taejo’s second queen, and its stone lantern is the oldest stone object at any Joseon royal tomb.

Stories about this place

Seoul's Five Joseon Royal Tombs Compared: Hours, Admission, Pairings
Taereung and Gangneung, Jeongneung, Heonneung and Inneung, Uireung and Seonjeongneung — all five Joseon royal tombs inside Seoul, compared on what only that one has, opening hours and admission, who each suits and how to pair them. Admission and the closing day are identical at all five, so where you go is decided by what survives at each rather than by cost.

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