7 attractions in Jeonju, including Jeonju National Museum, Gyeonggijeon Shrine and Jeondong Cathedral. Map, details and practical tips before you go.
Museums
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In Jeonju, ancestral home of the Joseon royal family, Jeonju National Museum tells the story of North Jeolla from prehistory to modern times. It opened on 26 October 1990 and displays around 2,000 of its 40,000-odd objects. Many come with…
Historic sites & memorials
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In the heart of Jeonju Hanok Village, beyond a red spiked gate, lies a shrine to the very start of the Joseon dynasty. Gyeonggijeon houses the royal portrait of King Taejo (Yi Seong-gye), who founded Joseon. Jeonju was the ancestral seat o…
Churches & monasteries
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From the entrance to Jeonju Hanok Village, a red-brick bell tower rises above the tiled roofs. Jeondong Cathedral is famous as one of Korea's most beautiful churches, but the ground it stands on carries a heavier story: it was built on the…
Fortresses
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Just west of Jeonju Hanok Village, in the middle of a busy road junction, stands a two-storey gate tower. Jeonju, seat of the Jeolla provincial governor in the Joseon era, was a walled city, and Pungnammun was the south gate of those walls…
Historic sites & memorials
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In the middle of downtown Jeonju, beside the busy Chunggyeong-ro, stands a large tile-roofed building. Jeonju Pungpaejigwan, usually called Jeonju Gaeksa, was the official guesthouse where visiting officials and envoys were received and lo…
Old towns & squares
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More than 700 tile-roofed houses are packed together in the middle of a modern city. Jeonju Hanok Village is the largest cluster of traditional houses still standing in a Korean city centre, and as you wander its lanes you pass the portrai…
Churches & monasteries
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Walk past the busy lanes of Jeonju Hanok Village towards the Jeonjucheon stream and you suddenly reach quiet stone walls and enormous ginkgo trees. Jeonju Hyanggyo was the state-run Confucian school of the Joseon-era town and also a shrine…