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Pyongyang’s wall records and botanical garden
Two dated accounts describe different parts of Pyongyang: a 2026 heritage submission discusses records on wall stones, while a 2006 journal article reports the botanical garden’s herbarium.
At a glance
- Information preserved on some wall stones
- Construction timing, wall section and builders’ names[1]
- Herbarium specimens reported in 2006
- 200,000 at the garden’s Museum of Botany[2]
- Central Botanical Garden, as reported in 2006
- 20 ha in 14 sections; about 8,500 plant species estimated to be cultivated[2]
A place worth remembering
What the wall stones record
A 2026 State Party submission for the tentative list says inscriptions survive on some stones of Pyongyang’s Walled City. It describes them as records of construction work: when it took place, which wall section it concerned, and the builders’ personal names.[1]
A garden herbarium reported in 2006
A 2006 BGjournal article places the Central Botanical Garden at the foot of Mt Taesong. It reports that the garden’s Museum of Botany held a herbarium of 200,000 specimens; that figure refers to preserved samples, not living plants.[2]
The Walled City’s length
The same submission says remains of the Walled City, built from 552 to 586, are scattered across central Pyongyang. It gives the original perimeter as about 16 km, or about 23 km once the working walls within the city are included.[1]
Good to know
A few clear answers before you explore.
What do some of the wall inscriptions record?
The 2026 submission says they preserve details of construction work, including its date, wall section and builders’ names.[1]
Does the 200,000 figure count living garden plants?
No. The article gives it as the herbarium’s specimen count at the garden’s Museum of Botany.[2]
When was the Central Botanical Garden built, according to the article?
The 2006 BGjournal article says it was built in 1959 at the base of Mt Taesong in Pyongyang, citing a 1998 report by the Convention on Biological Diversity secretariat.[2]
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