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Deoksugung Palace

Deoksugung, also called Deoksu Palace or Deoksugung Palace, is a former royal palace in , South Korea. It was the first main palace of the 1897–1910 Korean Empire and is now a major tourist attraction.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: palace
  • Also known as: “Deoksugung”, “Tŏksu Palace”, and “Tŏksugung”
  • Address: 세종대로 99, 서울특별시, 정동, 중구, 04519

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include British Embassy and Seoul Plaza.

Government office
Photo: Wikimedia, OGL.
The , Seoul is the chief diplomatic mission of the in , with the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to South Korea being the chief of mission. is situated 130 metres north of Deoksugung Palace.

Park
Photo: 서울시 총무과, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a central plaza located in front of at Taepyeongno, , South Korea. It was reopened on 1 May 2004, by Seoul Metropolitan Government, with the purpose of providing the public an open space. is situated 270 metres east of Deoksugung Palace.

Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cathedral Church of St Mary the Virgin and St Nicholas, or the Seoul Anglican Cathedral, is an Anglican cathedral in , . It is the mother church of both the Anglican Church of Korea and the Diocese of Seoul. is situated 140 metres northeast of Deoksugung Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mugyo-dong and Sogong-dong.

Quarter
is a legal dong of , South Korea. It is governed by its administrative dong, .

Quarter
Photo: 안우석, CC0.
is a dong of , South Korea.

Quarter
Sogong-dong is a dong of , South Korea.

Deoksugung Palace

Latitude
37.56613° or 37° 33′ 58″ north
Longitude
126.97505° or 126° 58′ 30″ east
Open location code
8Q98HX8G+F2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 26658458
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q482631
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Deoksugung Palace” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قصر دوكسو”
  • Armenian: “Թոքսուգուն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Doqsuqunq”
  • Central Kurdish: “کۆشکی دیۆکسوگونگ”
  • Chinese: “德壽宫”
  • Chinese: “德壽宮”
  • Chinese: “德寿宫”
  • Chinese: “慶運宮”
  • Dutch: “Deoksugung”
  • French: “Deoksugung”
  • Georgian: “დეოკსუგუნგი”
  • German: “Deoksugung”
  • German: “Tokujukyu”
  • German: “Tokujukyū”
  • Greek: “Τόκσουγκουνγκ”
  • Hungarian: “Tokszugung”
  • Icelandic: “Deoksugunghöll”
  • Indonesian: “Deoksu”
  • Indonesian: “Deoksugung”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Deoksu”
  • Italian: “Deoksugung”
  • Japanese: “トクスグン”
  • Japanese: “徳寿宮”
  • Japanese: “慶運宮”
  • Javanese: “Astana Deoksu”
  • Javanese: “Kadhaton Deoksu”
  • Korean: “Deoksugung”
  • Korean: “경운궁”
  • Korean: “덕수궁”
  • Malay: “Deoksugung”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Deoksugung”
  • Norwegian: “Deoksugung”
  • Persian: “دیوکسو گونگ”
  • Portuguese: “Deoksugung”
  • Russian: “Доксугун”
  • Russian: “Кенгунгун”
  • Russian: “Кёнгунгун”
  • Russian: “Согун”
  • Russian: “Токсугун”
  • Sinhala: “දොක්සුගුං”
  • Slovenian: “Deoksugung”
  • Slovenian: “Doksugung”
  • Slovenian: “palača Deoksugung”
  • Slovenian: “palača Toksu”
  • Spanish: “Deoksugung”
  • Spanish: “Gyeongungung”
  • Spanish: “Palacio Deoksu”
  • Swedish: “Deoksugung”
  • Thai: “พระราชวังท็อกซู”
  • Turkish: “Deoksugung”
  • Ukrainian: “Токсугун”
  • Vietnamese: “Deoksugung”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 궁중유물전시관 and Deoksugung Palace.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Deoksugung Palace”. Photo: Chamberikore, Public domain.