Gyeongbokgung
Gyeongbokgung is a former royal palace in Seoul, 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.- Historical site
- …lies at an elevation of 40 metres (131 feet)
- Description: palace in Seoul, South Korea
- Also known as“Gyeongbok Palace”“Gyeongbokgung Palace”“Kyŏngbok Palace”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Geunjeongjeon Hall and National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art.
Geunjeongjeon Hall
Historic building
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
Art gallery
Changdeokgung
Changdeokgung is a former royal palace in Seoul, South Korea. Changdeokgung is situated 1¼ km east of Gyeongbokgung.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anguk-dong and Cheongjin-dong.
Gyeongbokgung
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Latitude
37.57857° or 37° 34′ 43″ north
Longitude
126.97697° or 126° 58′ 37″ east
Open location code
8Q98HXHG+CQ
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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: “Istana Gyeongbok”
- Indonesian: “Istana Kyongbok”
- 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”
- Maltese: “Gyeongbokgung”
- Marathi: “ग्येओंगबुक्गुंग”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kéng-hok-kiong”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kíng-hok-kiong”
- Northern Frisian: “Gyeongbokgung”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gyeongbok”
- Norwegian: “Gyeongbokgung”
- Persian: “گایونگبوک”
- Persian: “گیونگبوک گونگ”
- Polish: “Gyeongbokgung”
- Portuguese: “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: “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”
- “Kyŏngbok-kung”
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