Sungnyemun
Namdaemun, a.k.a. the Sungnyemun, is one of the Eight Gates in the Seoul City Wall, South Korea. The gate formed the original southern boundary of the city during the Joseon period, although the city has since significantly outgrown this boundary.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Historical site
- Description: main gate of Seoul fortress; one of The Four Great Gates (cardinal) as one of The Eight Gates of Seoul as part of the Fortress Wall of Seoul, South Korea
- Also known as: “Gate of Exalted Ceremonies”, “Namdaemun”, “Namdaemun Gate”, “South Great Gate”, and “Sungnyemun gate”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Deoksugung Palace and Embassy of Peru.
Deoksugung Palace
Castle
Photo: Chamberikore, Public domain.
Deoksugung, also called Deoksu Palace or Deoksugung Palace, is a former royal palace in Seoul, South Korea. It was the first main palace of the 1897–1910 Korean Empire and is now a major tourist attraction. Deoksugung Palace is situated 680 metres north of Sungnyemun.
Embassy of Peru
Government office
The Embassy of Peru in Korea is the diplomatic representation of Peru in South Korea. The current Peruvian ambassador to South Korea is Daúl Matute Mejía. Embassy of Peru is situated 200 metres north of Sungnyemun.
Hoehyeon station
Metro station
Photo: LERK, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hoehyeon Station is a station on the Seoul Subway Line 4. It is the closest station to the historical gate of Namdaemun, and also serves the major shopping district of Namdaemun Market. This station is located in Namchang-dong, Jung District, Seoul. Hoehyeon station is situated 310 metres southeast of Sungnyemun.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bukchang-dong and Sogong-dong.
Mugyo-dong
Quarter
Mugyo-dong is a legal dong of Jung District, Seoul, South Korea. It is governed by its administrative dong, Myeong-dong.
Sungnyemun
- Categories: city gate, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Jung, Seoul, Gyeonggi, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Sungnyemun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نامدايمن”
- Basque: “Namdaemun”
- Basque: “Sungnyemun”
- Bengali: “সাঙ্গনিয়েমুন”
- Bengali: “남대문”
- Bengali: “숭례문”
- Bengali: “南大門”
- Bengali: “崇禮門”
- Catalan: “Namdaemun”
- Chinese: “Chông-lé-mn̂g”
- Chinese: “崇礼门”
- Chinese: “崇禮門”
- Chinese: “首爾南大門”
- Chuvash: “Намдэмун хапхи”
- Czech: “Namdaemun”
- Czech: “Namdämun”
- Czech: “Namdemun”
- Czech: “Sungnjemun”
- Czech: “Sungnyemun”
- Dutch: “Namdaemun”
- Dutch: “Sungnyemun stadspoort”
- Dutch: “Sungnyemun”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نامدايمن”
- Esperanto: “Namdemun”
- Esperanto: “Suda Pordego”
- Finnish: “Namdaemun”
- Finnish: “Sungnyemun”
- French: “Namdaemun”
- French: “porte Namtaemun”
- French: “Sungnyemun”
- Gan Chinese: “崇礼门”
- Gan Chinese: “崇禮門”
- Georgian: “ნამდემუნი”
- German: “Namdaemun”
- German: “Sungnyemun”
- Hungarian: “Namdemun”
- Indonesian: “Namdaemun”
- Indonesian: “Sungnyemun”
- Italian: “Namdaemun”
- Japanese: “崇礼門”
- Javanese: “Sungnyemun”
- Kazakh: “Намдэмун”
- Korean: “국보1호”
- Korean: “남대문”
- Korean: “서울 남대문”
- Korean: “서울 숭례문”
- Korean: “서울남대문”
- Korean: “서울숭례문”
- Korean: “숭례문”
- Malay: “Namdaemun”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Chông-lé-mn̂g”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Namdaemun”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sungnyemun”
- Norwegian: “Namdaemun”
- Persian: “نامدائهمون”
- Polish: “Namdaemun”
- Polish: “Sungnyemun”
- Portuguese: “Namdaemun”
- Portuguese: “Sungnyemun”
- Russian: “Намдэмун”
- Russian: “Суннемун”
- Spanish: “Gran Puerta del Sur”
- Spanish: “Namdaemun”
- Spanish: “Sungnyemun”
- Tagalog: “Namdaemun”
- Tagalog: “Sungnyemun”
- Thai: “นัมแดมุน”
- Thai: “ประตูนัมแด”
- Thai: “ประตูนัมแดมุน”
- Turkish: “Namdaemun”
- Ukrainian: “Намдемун”
- Uzbek: “Namdemun”
- Vietnamese: “Nam Đại Môn”
- Vietnamese: “Namdaemun”
- Vietnamese: “Sùng Lễ Môn”
- Vietnamese: “Sungnyemun”
- Western Panjabi: “نامڈیمن”
- Wu Chinese: “崇礼门”
- Yue Chinese: “崇禮門”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hoehyŏn-dong and Jeong-dong.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Fraser Place Namdaemun and Hotel Tong Seoul Myeongdong.
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