Verified palaces in Seoul — descriptions, map and practical info.
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Gyeongbokgung was the first palace built after the Joseon dynasty moved its capital to Hanyang, today's Seoul, in 1395. Its name, taken from a line in the Chinese Classic of Poetry, means roughly "palace of great blessings", and the schola…
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Gyeonghuigung stands next to the Seoul Museum of History in Jongno-gu. Because it lay west of Gyeongbokgung, it was also called Seogwol, the "West Palace". Of Seoul's five royal palaces it was the most thoroughly destroyed, and very little…
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Deoksugung is the palace in Jeong-dong, Jung District, right opposite Seoul Plaza and City Hall. Unlike Seoul's other palaces, traditional wooden halls and Western-style stone buildings stand inside the same walls, because it was the main…
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Unhyeongung is the house where Gojong, the 26th king of Joseon, was born and lived until he took the throne at the age of 12, and where his father, the regent Heungseon Daewongun, ran the country for almost a decade. It is much smaller tha…
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Changgyeonggung is a Joseon palace in Jongno, Seoul. Together with Changdeokgung, from which it is separated by a single wall, it was known as the "East Palace". Built to house senior royal women, it is modest in size, yet it has Myeongjeo…
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Changdeokgung was built in 1405 as a secondary palace, yet it became the palace where Joseon kings spent the most time. Instead of the strict symmetry of Gyeongbokgung on the flat ground, its halls follow the slopes of a spur of Bugaksan m…