Gwanghwamun Square

Gwanghwamun Square with the statue of King Sejong and Gyeongbokgung Palace in the background

The Gwanghwamun Square (광화문 광장, English Gwanghwamun plaza or Gwanghwamun square ) is a square opened in 2009 in the center of Seoul .

It is located in front of the Gyeongbokgung Palace , which was the seat of the Korean rulers from 1395 to 1592 and from 1868 to 1910, and which was the residence of the Japanese Governor General during the colonial period. Gwanghwamun is the name of the palace gate.

There are statues of Sejong and Yi Sun-sin in the square .

The square is considered the center of Seoul, and political demonstrations are often held there. At the end of 2016, hundreds of thousands demonstrated here every Saturday for the impeachment of the president .

Sejong-ro Street starts at Gwanghwamun Square. The renatured section of the Cheonggyecheon River begins at Cheonggye Square, which is adjacent to Gwanghwamun Square to the south .

Picture gallery

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  The eponymous palace gate Gwanghwamun

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  Statue of Admiral Sunsin Yi

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  Back of Gwanghwamun Square

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  Cheonggyecheon captured from Cheonggye Square

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  Seat of the Japanese governor during colonial times

Web links

Commons : Gwanghwamun Square  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Gwanghwamun Square (Visit Korea)
• Gwanghwamun Square (The Seoul Guide)
• Gwanghwamun Square (Modern Seoul)
• The Gwanghwamun Plaza in Seoul. In: KBS World. August 22, 2009. Retrieved March 9, 2017 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gert Grönning, Koo Min-Kyoung: Cheonggyecheon - The valley of the clear brook in Seoul, Korea, as an example of the regaining of inner-city open space . In: Die Gartenkunst  20 (2/2008), pp. 285–314.

Coordinates: 37 ° 34 ′ 22 ″  N , 126 ° 58 ′ 36 ″  E