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 Seoul, 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.
- City gate
- …lies at an elevation of around 30 metres (90 feet)
- …has 2 floors
- 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
- Address: 종로 288, 서울특별시, 종로6가, 종로구, 03119
- Also known as“Dongdae-mun”“Heunginjimun”“Heunginjimun Gate”“Heunginmun”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dongdaemun and Seoul City Wall Museum.
Dongdaemun
Dongdaemun station station is a station on Line 1 and Line 4 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway.
Seoul City Wall Museum
The Seoul City Wall Museum is a museum for the Seoul… Seoul City Wall Museum is situated 210 metres northwest of Tongdae-mun.
National Medical Center
National Medical Center is a hospital, which is situated 530 metres southwest of Tongdae-mun.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Changsin-dong and Bangsan-dong.
Bangsan-dong
Quarter
Bangsan-dong is a legal dong, or neighborhood…
Tongdae-mun
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Latitude
37.57111° or 37° 34′ 16″ north
Longitude
127.00973° or 127° 0′ 35″ east
Open location code
8Q99H2C5+CV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gate
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Central Kurdish to Welsh—“Tongdae-mun” goes by many names.
دۆنگدایمونCentral Kurdish
هیونگینمونCentral Kurdish
ھیونگینجیمونCentral Kurdish
兴仁之门Chinese
東大門Chinese
興仁之門Chinese
DongdaemunDutch
هينجينجيمانEgyptian Arabic
Orienta Pordego de SeuloEsperanto
DongdaemunIndonesian
Gerbang DongdaemunIndonesian
HeunginjimunIndonesian
トンデムンJapanese
フンインジムンJapanese
東大門Japanese
興仁之門Japanese
동대문Korean
보물1호Korean
서울 흥인지문Korean
흥인문Korean
흥인지문Korean
HeunginjimunMalay
DongdaemunNorwegian
DongdaemunNorwegian Bokmål
HeunginjimunNorwegian Bokmål
HŭnginjimunNorwegian Bokmål
TongdaemunNorwegian Bokmål
ТондэмунRussian
ХынъинджимунRussian
ดงแดมุนThai
ทงแดมุนThai
ประตูดงแดThai
HeunginjimunTurkish
TongdemunUzbek
Đông Đại mônVietnamese
HeunginjimunVietnamese
Hưng Nhân Chi MônVietnamese
HeunginjimunWelsh
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