Kumsusan Palace of the Sun

The Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, formerly the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, is the mausoleum where the preserved bodies of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, the eternal leaders of Juche Korea, are displayed.
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Photo: Uwe Brodrecht, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: mausoleum in Pyongyang, North Korea, containing the enbalmed bodies of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il
  • Also known as: “Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il Mausoleum”, “Kim Il-sung Mausoleum”, “Kumsusan Assembly Hall”, and “Kumsusan Memorial Palace”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rungrado 1st of May Stadium and Kwangmyong Station.

Stadium
Photo: Nicor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a multi-purpose stadium occupying an area of 20.7 hectares on the island Rŭngrado, , North Korea. It opened on 1 May 1989, with its first major event being the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students. is situated 2 km southwest of Kumsusan Palace of the Sun.

Tram stop
Kwangmyŏng Station is a closed station on Hyŏksin Line of the Pyongyang Metro. The station is reported to be closed since 1995, due to the mausoleum of Kim Il Sung being located at that station. is situated 470 metres north of Kumsusan Palace of the Sun.

Metro station
Samhŭng Station is a station on Hyŏksin Line of the Pyongyang Metro. is situated 2 km west of Kumsusan Palace of the Sun.

Kumsusan Palace of the Sun

Latitude
39.06372° or 39° 3′ 49″ north
Longitude
125.78888° or 125° 47′ 20″ east
Open location code
8QF73Q7Q+FH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 722791910
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q606069
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kumsusan Palace of the Sun” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قصر الشمس”
  • Arabic: “قصر شمس كمسوسان”
  • Arabic: “كمسوسان تايانغ غنغجون”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kumsusan Günəş Sarayı”
  • Belarusian: “Кымсусанскі мемарыяльны палац Сонца”
  • Belarusian: “Кымсусанскі палац Сонца”
  • Belarusian: “Кымсусанскі палац”
  • Bulgarian: “Мемориален дворец Къмсусан”
  • Catalan: “Mausoleu de Kim Il-Sung”
  • Catalan: “Palau del Sol de Kumsusan”
  • Catalan: “Palau Memorial Kumsusan”
  • Chinese: “錦繡山太陽宮”
  • Chinese: “錦繡山太陽宮殿”
  • Chinese: “锦绣山太阳宫”
  • Czech: “Palác slunce Kumsusan”
  • Danish: “Kumsusan-paladset”
  • Dutch: “Kim Il-sung mausoleum”
  • Dutch: “Kumsusanpaleis van de Zon”
  • Dutch: “Kumsusanpaleis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قصر شمس كمسوسان”
  • Esperanto: “Kumsusana Palaco de la Suno”
  • Esperanto: “Kumsusana Rememora Palaco”
  • Finnish: “Kumsusanin aurinkopalatsi”
  • French: “Mémorial de Kumsusan”
  • French: “palais du Soleil Kumsusan”
  • French: “Palais du Soleil Kumsusan”
  • German: “Kumsusan-Palast der Sonne”
  • German: “Kumsusan-Palast”
  • Greek: “Κουμσουσάν Παλάτι του Ήλιου”
  • Greek: “Παλάτι του Ήλιου Κουμσουσάν”
  • Hebrew: “ארמון קומסוסאן”
  • Hebrew: “המוזילאום של קים איל-סונג”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Matahari Kumsusan”
  • Italian: “Palazzo del sole di Kumsusan”
  • Italian: “Palazzo del Sole di Kumsusan”
  • Japanese: “きんしゅうさんたいようきゅうでん”
  • Japanese: “クムスサンテヤンクンジョン”
  • Japanese: “錦繍山太陽宮殿”
  • Japanese: “錦繍山記念宮殿”
  • Korean: “금수산 기념 궁전”
  • Korean: “금수산 기념궁전”
  • Korean: “금수산 의사당”
  • Korean: “금수산 태양 궁전”
  • Korean: “금수산 태양궁전”
  • Korean: “금수산기념궁전”
  • Korean: “금수산의사당”
  • Korean: “금수산태양궁전”
  • Korean: “주석궁”
  • Korean: “錦繡山太陽宮殿”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kumsusan minnepalass”
  • Norwegian: “Kumsusan minnepalass”
  • Persian: “قصر خورشید کومسوسان”
  • Polish: “Pałac Kŭmsusan”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio do Sol de Kumsusan”
  • Romanian: “Palatul Soarelui Kumsusan”
  • Russian: “Дворец Солнца Кымсусан”
  • Russian: “Кымсусанский дворец Солнца”
  • Russian: “Кымсусанский мемориальный дворец Солнца”
  • Slovenian: “Palača sonca Kumsusan”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کوموسان گونش سارایی”
  • Spanish: “Palacio del Sol de Kumsusan”
  • Swedish: “Solpalatset Kumsusan”
  • Tagalog: “Palasyong Kumsusan ng Araw”
  • Thai: “วังพระอาทิตย์คึมซูซัน”
  • Thai: “วังสุริยะคึมซูซัน”
  • Turkish: “Kumsusan Güneş Sarayı”
  • Ukrainian: “Кимсусанський меморіальний палац”
  • Urdu: “فصر شمس کمسوسان”
  • Uzbek: “Kumsusan saroyi”
  • Vietnamese: “Cung điện Mặt trời Cẩm Tú Sơn”
  • Vietnamese: “Cung điện Mặt Trời Kumsusan”
  • Vietnamese: “Cung kỷ niệm Kumsusan”
  • Yue Chinese: “錦繡山太陽宮殿”

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