Gyeonggi
Seoul
Jongno

Gyeongbokgung

Gyeongbokgung is a former royal palace in , South Korea. Established in 1395, it was the first royal palace of the Joseon dynasty, and is now one of the most significant tourist attractions in the country.
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  • Type: Historical site
  • Description: palace in Seoul, South Korea
  • Also known as: “Gyeongbok Palace”, “Gyeongbok-gung”, “Gyeongbokgung Palace”, “Kyŏngbok Palace”, “Kyŏngbok-kung”, and “Kyŏngbokkung”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Geunjeongjeon Hall and Gwanghwamun Gate.

Historic building
Photo: Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Geunjeongjeon is the main hall of the palace Gyeongbokgung in , South Korea. It was used for major events like ceremonies and the issuing of edicts. It is a designated National Treasure of South Korea.

City gate
Photo: *Youngjin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gwanghwamun is the main and south gate of the palace Gyeongbokgung, in , , South Korea. It is located at a three-way intersection at the northern end of Sejongno. is situated 290 metres south of Gyeongbokgung.

Art gallery
Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , Korea is a contemporary art museum with four branches in , , and . The museum was first established in 1969 as the only national art museum in the country accommodating modern and contemporary art of Korea and international art of different time periods. is situated 330 metres east of Gyeongbokgung.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anguk-dong and Cheongjin-dong.

Quarter
Photo: Lawinc82, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a dong, neighbourhood of , , South Korea. It is a legal dong administered under its administrative dong, .

Quarter
is a dong of , , South Korea. It is a legal dong administered under its administrative dong, Jongno.

Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.
, also known as Seoul Central Business District or Sadaemun-An, is traditional city center and central business district of , located through of and of along the Sejong-daero and Jong-ro.

Gyeongbokgung

Latitude
37.57857° or 37° 34′ 43″ north
Longitude
126.97697° or 126° 58′ 37″ east
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Open location code
8Q98HXHG+CQ
Geo­Names ID
8659099
Wiki­data ID
Q482485
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Gyeongbokgung” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قصر غيونغبوك”
  • Arabic: “قصر غيونغبوكغنغ”
  • Armenian: “Կյոնբոկուն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kyonbokkun sarayı”
  • Balinese: “Istana Gyeongbok”
  • Belarusian: “Кёнбакун”
  • Belarusian: “Палац Кёнбок”
  • Bengali: “গিয়ংবোকগং প্রাসাদ”
  • Bulgarian: “Кьонбоккун”
  • Burmese: “ဂယောင်းဘို့ဂ်နန်းတော်”
  • Burmese: “ဂျောင်းဘွတ်ကန် နန်းတော်”
  • Central Bikol: “Gyeongbokgung”
  • Chinese: “景福宫”
  • Chinese: “景福宮”
  • Czech: “Kjongbokkung”
  • Czech: “Kjŏngbokkung”
  • Dutch: “Gyeongbokgung”
  • Esperanto: “Gjongbokgung”
  • Finnish: “Gyeongbok”
  • French: “Gyeongbokgung”
  • French: “Palais de Gyeongbokgung”
  • Georgian: “გიეონგბოკგუნგი”
  • Georgian: “გიონგბოკგუნგი”
  • German: “Gyeongbokgung”
  • German: “Keifukukyu”
  • German: “Keifukukyū”
  • Greek: “Κιόνγκμποκουνγκ”
  • Greek: “Παλάτι Γκιόνγκμποκουνγκ”
  • Hebrew: “ארמון גיונגבוקגונג”
  • Hungarian: “Kjongbokkung”
  • Indonesian: “Gyeongbok”
  • Indonesian: “Gyeongbokgung”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Gyeongbok”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Kyongbok”
  • Indonesian: “Kyŏngbokkung”
  • Italian: “Gyeongbokgung”
  • Japanese: “キョンボックン”
  • Japanese: “けいふくきゅう”
  • Japanese: “景福宮”
  • Javanese: “Astana Gyeongbok”
  • Javanese: “Kadhaton Gyeongbok”
  • Korean: “경복궁”
  • Macedonian: “Кјонбоккунг”
  • Malay: “Gyeongbokgung”
  • Marathi: “ग्येओंगबुक्गुंग”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kéng-hok-kiong”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kíng-hok-kiong”
  • Northern Frisian: “Gyeongbokgung”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gyeongbok”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gyeongbokgung”
  • Norwegian: “Gyeongbokgung”
  • Persian: “گایونگ‌بوک”
  • Persian: “گیونگبوک گونگ”
  • Polish: “Gyeongbokgung”
  • Portuguese: “Gyeongbokgung”
  • Romanian: “Gyeongbokgung”
  • Romanian: “Palatul Gyeongbokgung”
  • Russian: “Генбокгун”
  • Russian: “Гёнбокгун”
  • Russian: “Кенбок”
  • Russian: “Кёнбок”
  • Russian: “Кенбокгун”
  • Russian: “Кёнбокгун”
  • Russian: “Кенбоккун”
  • Russian: “Кёнбоккун”
  • Sinhala: “ග්යොංබොක්ගුං”
  • Slovenian: “Gjeongbokgung”
  • Slovenian: “Gjongbokgung”
  • Slovenian: “Gyeongbokgung”
  • Slovenian: “Keifukukju”
  • Slovenian: “Keifukukyū”
  • Spanish: “Gyeongbokgung”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de Gyeongbok”
  • Swedish: “Gyeongbokgung”
  • Tagalog: “Gyeongbokgung”
  • Tatar: “Көңбокгуң”
  • Thai: “พระราชวังคย็องบก”
  • Turkish: “Gyeongbokgung”
  • Ukrainian: “Кьонбоккун”
  • Vietnamese: “Cảnh Phúc Cung”
  • Vietnamese: “Cung Cảnh Phúc”
  • Vietnamese: “Cung điện Gyeongbok”
  • Vietnamese: “Cung Gyeongbok”
  • Vietnamese: “Geongbokgung”
  • Vietnamese: “Gyeong-bok-gung”
  • Vietnamese: “Gyeongbokgung”
  • Wu Chinese: “景福宫”
  • Yue Chinese: “景福宮”

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