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Tamaudun
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<p>Tamaudun is one of the three royal <a href="/facts/Mausoleum/LMhcom0y">mausoleums</a> of the <a href="/facts/Ryukyu_Kingdom/fKFl8pj2">Ryukyu Kingdom</a>, along with <a href="/facts/Urasoe_y%25C5%258Ddore/yb9pblJu">Urasoe yōdore</a> at <a href="/facts/Urasoe_Castle/1WsTgJls">Urasoe Castle</a> and <a href="/facts/Izena_Tamaudun/W7vdfeA9">Izena Tamaudun</a> near <a href="/facts/Izena_Castle/nY9P2rQU">Izena Castle</a> in <a href="/facts/Izena%2c_Okinawa/JNg3Rwyy">Izena, Okinawa</a>. The mausoleum is located in <a href="/facts/Shuri%2c_Okinawa/LL4BHPpd">Shuri</a>, <a href="/facts/Okinawa_Prefecture/2PNlxv5K">Okinawa</a>, and was built for <a href="/facts/Ry%25C5%25ABky%25C5%25AB_Kingdom/fKFl8pj2">Ryūkyūan</a> royalty in 1501 by King <a href="/facts/Sh%25C5%258D_Shin/KrhPbF08">Shō Shin</a>, the third king of the <a href="/facts/Second_Sh%25C5%258D_Dynasty/yGGTuJFN">Second Shō Dynasty</a> a short distance from <a href="/facts/Shuri_Castle/fXT3Yc9M">Shuri Castle</a>. </p>