Editing Gyeongju (section)

===Cultural properties===
[[File:금관총금관.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Crowns of Silla|A gold crown]] excavated from Gold Crown Tomb. National Treasures of South Korea No. 87.]]
[[File:Divine Bell of King Seongdeok.JPG|thumb|right|Divine [[Bell of King Seongdeok]]]]
Gyeongju is the main destination in South Korea for visitors interested in the cultural heritage of Silla and the architecture of Joseon. The city has 31 [[National Treasure (South Korea)|National Treasures]], and [[Gyeongju National Museum]] houses 16,333 artifacts.<ref name="Brit Edu">{{cite web|url=http://100.nate.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=B&i=1010602&v=43 |script-title=ko:경주시의 교육·문화 |trans-title=Education and culture of Gyeongju |publisher=Nate / Britannica |language=ko |access-date=2009-08-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610055909/http://100.nate.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=B&i=1010602&v=43 |archive-date=2011-06-10 }}</ref> There are four broad categories of relics and historical sites: [[Tumulus|tumuli]] and their artifacts; Buddhist sites and objects; fortresses and palace sites; and ancient architecture. [[Prehistoric Korea|Prehistoric]] remains including [[Mumun pottery period|Mumun pottery]] have been excavated in central Gyeongju, in the Moa-ri and Oya-ri villages of the [[Cheonbuk-myeon, Gyeongju|Cheonbuk-myeon]] district, and in the Jukdong-ri village of the [[Oedong]] district. [[Dolmen]]s are found in several places, especially in [[Gangdong-myeon, Gyeongju|Gangdong-myeon]] and Moa-ri. [[Bronze Age]] relics found in Angye-ri village of Gangdong-myeon, Jukdong-ri and Ipsil-ri villages of Oedong-eup and graveyards in the Joyang-dong district represent the [[Samhan]] confederacy period of around the 1st century BC to the 3rd century AD.<ref name="relics">{{cite web|url=http://100.nate.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=&i=3008023 |script-title=ko:경주시의 유물·유적 |trans-title=Relics and historical sites of Gyeongju |publisher=Nate / Encyclopedia of Korean Culture |language=ko |access-date=2009-09-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610062511/http://100.nate.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=&i=3008023 |archive-date=2011-06-10 }}</ref>

There are 35 royal tombs and 155 tumuli in central Gyeongju, and 421 tumuli in the outskirts of the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gbtour.net/JSPROOT/CLIENT/htmlContents/view.jsp?Command=&curPage=&searchOrderByCol=HC_VIEW_COUNT&searchAscDesc=DESC&cate_idx=61&hc_idx=1482&styleMode=&styleModeQuery= |script-title=ko:국립공원 |trans-title=National Park |publisher=Gyeongbuk-do province |language=ko |access-date=2009-09-15 |archive-date=2011-07-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721090748/http://www.gbtour.net/JSPROOT/CLIENT/htmlContents/view.jsp?Command=&curPage=&searchOrderByCol=HC_VIEW_COUNT&searchAscDesc=DESC&cate_idx=61&hc_idx=1482&styleMode=&styleModeQuery= |url-status=dead }}</ref> Silla burial mounds built after the period of the Three Kingdoms are found in central Gyeongju, including tumuli in the districts of Noseo-dong, Nodong-dong, Hwangnam-dong, Hwango-dong and Inwang-dong. Western Gyeongju has the tomb of [[Muyeol of Silla|King Muyeol]] in Seoak-dong, nearby tumuli in Chunghyo-dong and the tomb of [[Kim Yu-sin]]. The tombs of [[Queen Seondeok of Silla|Queen Seondeok]], [[Sinmun of Silla|King Sinmun]], [[Hyogong of Silla|King Hyogong]] and [[Sinmu of Silla|King Sinmu]] are at the base of [[Namsan (Gyeongju)|Namsan]] mountain while the tombs of [[Heongang of Silla|King Heongang]], [[Jeonggang of Silla|King Jeonggang]], [[Gyeongmyeong of Silla|King Gyeongmyeong]] and [[Gyeongae of Silla|King Gyeongae]] are on the slopes of the mountain. In addition to the tombs, tumuli have been found surrounding Namsan mountain and in the western part of Geumgang mountain. Artifacts excavated from the tombs of [[Geumgwanchong]] (gold crown tomb), [[Seobongchong]] (western phoenix tomb), [[Cheonmachong]] (heavenly horse tomb) and northern and southern parts of Tomb No. 98 are good examples of Silla culture.<ref name="relics" />