Tongdae-mun

Heunginjimun, a.k.a. Dongdaemun, is one of The Eight Gates of Seoul in the Seoul City Wall, a prominent landmark in central , South Korea. The Korean name "Dongdaemun" means "Great East Gate," and it was so named because it was the major eastern gate in the wall that surrounded Seoul during the Joseon period.
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  • Type: City gate
  • Description: 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: “Đông Đại môn”, “Dongdae-mun”, “Dongdaemun”, “Gerbang Dongdaemun”, “großes Osttor”, “Heung-in-ji-mun”, “Heunginjimun”, “Heunginjimun Gate”, “Heunginmun”, “Hŭnginjimun”, “Tongdaemun”, “Tor der aufsteigenden Güte”, “Хынъинджимун”, “دۆنگدایمون”, “هیونگینمون”, “ประตูดงแด”, “보물1호”, “서울 흥인지문”, “서울흥인지문”, “흥인문”, “トンデムン”, and “フンインジムン”
  • Address: 종로 288, 서울특별시, 종로6가, 종로구, 03119

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Dongdaemun and Seoul City Wall Museum.

Metro station
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station station is a station on Line 1 and Line 4 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway.

Museum
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The is a for the Seoul… is situated 210 metres northwest of Tongdae-mun.

Hospital
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is a hospital, which is situated 530 metres southwest of Tongdae-mun.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Changsin-dong and Bangsan-dong.

Quarter
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is a dong of , , South Korea.

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Quarter
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is a dong of , , South Korea.

Tongdae-mun

Latitude
37.57111° or 37° 34′ 16″ north
Longitude
127.00973° or 127° 0′ 35″ east
Elevation
28 metres (92 feet)
Levels
2
Open location code
8Q99H2C5+CV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 765957003
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­city_gate
Geo­Names ID
6800803
Wiki­data ID
Q482721
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In Other Languages

From Central Kurdish to Welsh—“Tongdae-mun” goes by many names.
  • Central Kurdish: “ھیونگینجیمون”
  • Chinese: “兴仁之门”
  • Chinese: “東大門”
  • Chinese: “興仁之門”
  • Dutch: “Dongdaemun”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هينجينجيمان”
  • Esperanto: “Orienta Pordego de Seulo”
  • French: “Heunginjimun”
  • German: “Heunginjimun”
  • Indonesian: “Heunginjimun”
  • Japanese: “東大門”
  • Japanese: “興仁之門”
  • Korean: “동대문”
  • Korean: “흥인지문”
  • Malay: “Heunginjimun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Dongdaemun”
  • Norwegian: “Dongdaemun”
  • Russian: “Тондэмун”
  • Spanish: “Heunginjimun”
  • Thai: “ดงแดมุน”
  • Thai: “ทงแดมุน”
  • Turkish: “Heunginjimun”
  • Uzbek: “Tongdemun”
  • Vietnamese: “Heunginjimun”
  • Vietnamese: “Hưng Nhân Chi Môn”
  • Welsh: “Heunginjimun”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Jongno 6-ga and Euljiro 6-ga.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: 한양도성순성길 앱 인증점 and 동대문역 7번출구.

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