Gwanghwamun

Gwanghwamun is the main and south gate of the palace , in , , South Korea. It is located at a three-way intersection at the northern end of Sejongno.
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  • Building
  • …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (120 feet)
  • Description: main gate of Geongbokgung Palace (also known as Kyŏngbokkung Palace)
  • Address: 사직로 161, 서울특별시, 세종로, 종로구, 03045
  • Also known as
    “Bright Light Gate”
    “Gwanghwamun Gate”
    “Gwanghwamunyeok”
    “Kwanghwamun”
    “The Arch of Enlightenment”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Armillary Sphere and National Museum of Korean Contemporary History.
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Monument
An is a model of objects in the sky… is situated 370 metres south of Gwanghwamun.
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Museum
The … is situated 240 metres southeast of Gwanghwamun.
Basile Morin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Historic building
Geunjeongjeon is the main hall of the palace in , South Korea. is situated 290 metres north of Gwanghwamun.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cheongjin-dong and Downtown Seoul.
Quarter
is a dong of , , South Korea.
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Quarter
, also known as Seoul Central Business…
Lawinc82, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Quarter
is a dong, neighbourhood of , , South Korea.

Gwanghwamun

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Latitude
37.57593° or 37° 34′ 33″ north
Longitude
126.97682° or 126° 58′ 37″ east
Open location code
8Q98HXGG+9P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 170199440
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­gatehouse
Geo­Names ID
10420153
Wiki­data ID
Q485034

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Gwanghwamun” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Qvanqhvamun”
  • Chinese: “光化門”
  • Chinese: “光化门”
  • Dutch: “Gwanghwamun”
  • Esperanto: “Gwanghwamun”
  • French: “Gwanghwamun”
  • Hungarian: “A megvilágosodás kapuja”
  • Hungarian: “Kvanghvamun”
  • Icelandic: “Gwanghwamun”
  • Indonesian: “Gwanghwamun”
  • Italian: “Gwanghwamon”
  • Italian: “Gwanghwamun”
  • Japanese: “クァンファムン”
  • Japanese: “光化門”
  • Korean: “광화문”
  • Korean: “광화문역”
  • Malay: “Gwanghwamun”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kong-hòa-mn̂g”
  • Pampanga: “Gwanghwamun”
  • Persian: “گوانگوامون”
  • Polish: “Gwanghwamun”
  • Russian: “Кванхвамун”
  • Spanish: “Gwanghwamun”
  • Tagalog: “Gwanghwamun”
  • Thai: “ประตูควังฮวา”
  • Turkish: “Gwanghwamun”
  • Vietnamese: “Gwanghwamun”

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