Gwanghwamun Post Office
Gwanghwamun Post Office is a post office in Jung, Seoul, Gyeonggi which is located on 종로. Gwanghwamun Post Office is situated nearby to the post office Korea Post, as well as near the art gallery Ilmin Museum of Art.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ilmin Museum of Art and Deoksugung Palace.
Ilmin Museum of Art
Art gallery
Photo: Lawinc82, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ilmin Museum of Art is a private art museum of South Korea, located on Sejongno street in Jongno District, a central district of Seoul, known for exhibiting mainly Korean art.
Deoksugung Palace
Castle
Photo: Chamberikore, Public domain.
Deoksugung, also called Deoksu Palace or Deoksugung Palace, is a former royal palace in Seoul, South Korea. It was the first main palace of the 1897–1910 Korean Empire and is now a major tourist attraction. Deoksugung Palace is situated 480 metres southwest of Gwanghwamun Post Office.
Armillary Sphere
Monument
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
An armillary sphere is a model of objects in the sky, consisting of a spherical framework of rings, centered on Earth or the Sun, that represent lines of celestial longitude and latitude and other astronomically important features, such as the ecliptic. Armillary Sphere is situated 320 metres north of Gwanghwamun Post Office.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Downtown Seoul and Cheongjin-dong.
Downtown Seoul
Quarter
Downtown Seoul, also known as Seoul Central Business District or Sadaemun-An, is traditional city center and central business district of Seoul, located through Gwanghwamun of Jongno District and Seoul Station of Jung District along the Sejong-daero and Jong-ro.
Cheongjin-dong
Quarter
Cheongjin-dong is a dong of Jongno District, Seoul, South Korea. It is a legal dong administered under its administrative dong, Jongno.
Mugyo-dong
Quarter
Mugyo-dong is a legal dong of Jung District, Seoul, South Korea. It is governed by its administrative dong, Myeong-dong.
Gwanghwamun Post Office
- Type: Post office
- Address: 종로 6, 서울특별시, 서린동, 종로구, 03187
- Categories: building and public building
- Location: Jung, Seoul, Gyeonggi, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.56981° or 37° 34′ 11″ northLongitude
126.97797° or 126° 58′ 41″ eastInception
1994Levels
10Height
51 metres (167 feet)Open location code
8Q98HX9H+W5OpenStreetMap ID
way 141957147OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=post_officeOpenStreetMap feature
building=publicWikidata ID
Q16094405
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Korean—“Gwanghwamun Post Office” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “光化门邮局”
- Chinese: “光华门邮局”
- Chinese: “光華門郵局”
- Japanese: “光化門郵便局”
- Korean: “광화문우체국”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Korea Post and PRESSEUM (Newspaper Museum).
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