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Tamaudun Royal Mausoleum
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The tombs are divided into the inner and outer enclosures. The tombs are 2,442 square meters in area. In the middle of the outer stonewall is the first gate. Passing through the gate into the garden, the Tamaudun monument is erected on the left. In the front, stone walls run east and west, and in the central part is the second gate. In front of the second gate is the inner enclosure, but there is first a wide garden connecting to the tombs. The mausoleum consists of three connected tomb rooms, the east, central and west rooms.

When funeral services for a royal family member were completed, the deceased was first enshrined in the central tomb. After a number of years had passed, the bones were washed. The bones were then placed in Zushigame funerary urns or stone coffins. Kings, queens and heirs to the throne were then placed in eastern tombs and other family members were placed in the western tomb area.

The tombs are made of stone, with stone stairs on the front of each; on top there are balconies with balustrades.

An inner court

A gate to outer court

 

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