Yeongwol County, Gangwon Province, South Korea
🇰🇷 Yeongwol County (Yeongwol-gun) is a county in Gangwon Province, South Korea.
It is well known as the place where King Danjong, the sixth king of Joseon Dynasty, was exiled when he was forced to abdicate by his uncle, who became Sejo of Joseon. It is also where Danjong was buried after he was murdered in 1457, following the attempts by six martyred ministers to restore him to power, after he was perceived to be a continuing threat to the rule of his uncle. It is also where the Joseon Dynasty poet Kim Sat-gat is buried.
Asia/Seoul/Gangwon-do
Yeongwol County is a member of the Cittaslow Network with: 🇮🇹 Trevi 🇮🇹 Cerreto Sannita 🇮🇹 Castiglione Olona 🇮🇹 Chiavenna 🇮🇹 Chiaverano 🇹🇷 Perşembe 🇵🇱 Biskupiec 🇹🇷 Akyaka 🇮🇹 Monte Castello di Vibio 🇮🇹 Cisternino 🇹🇷 Göynük 🇵🇱 Goldap 🇮🇹 Tirano 🇮🇹 Penne 🇮🇹 Massa Marittima 🇦🇹 Enns 🇹🇷 Gökçeada 🇹🇷 Şavşat 🇩🇪 Meldorf 🇵🇱 Kalety