Kumsusan Palace of the Sun
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| Korean alphabet : | 금수산 기념 궁전 |
| Hanja : | 錦繡 山 記念 宮殿 |
| Revised Romanization : | Geumsusan Ginyeom Kungjeon |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Kŭmsusan Kinyǒm Kungjǒn |
The Kumsusan Palace (also Kumsusan Palace of the Sun ) is a building in the North Korean capital Pyongyang . It is located northeast of downtown on Kumsong Street in the Taesŏng-guyŏk district in the Miam-dong district.
The building was the official residence of the "eternal President" Kim Il-sung and is now his mausoleum . It is also the largest existing mausoleum dedicated to a communist ruler.
The body of Kim Jong-il was laid out in Kumsusan Palace after his death in December 2011 and the building was initially closed for renovation work. In 2012 the mausoleum was renamed the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun.
Architecture and furnishings
There is a spacious square in front of the monumental building in the style of neoclassicism . It is surrounded by a moat on the northern and eastern sides. The gate in the entrance area has eye-catching gold fittings. The palace is said to have a connection to house number 15 in the southern district of Jungsung-song and is equipped with an underground bunker system.
After Kim Il-sung's death in 1994, his son and successor, Kim Jong-il, had the house renovated and converted into his father's resting place. In the so-called Room of Tears there is a crystal sarcophagus with the embalmed body of Kim Il-sung, whose head is laid on a traditional Korean pillow and whose body is covered with the flag of the Korean Labor Party .
In the third of the five large halls with marble and granite floors, the deceased's official car, a Mercedes-Benz 600 SEL , and the railroad car in which Kim Il-sung traveled the country are on display. In another hall, its travel routes are shown on an electronic display board. Moving belts are used to transport visitors within the building. Acoustically, the rooms are filled with Korean chants through loudspeakers. Before entering the tomb, visitors' shoes are cleaned with brushes and clothing is cleaned with a blower.
Others
The building can be reached via its own tram line. Festive clothing is required from the visitors and a bow is expected on each side of the corpse. For foreign visitors, the Kumsusan Palace is only open on Thursdays and Sundays and only accessible after prior notification to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Photography, filming and smoking are not permitted inside the building.
The building is depicted on the front of the 2008 500 won note . One end point of Line 3 of the Pyongyang tram is here. The Kwangmyŏng metro station in front of it was closed in 1995.
As part of the 2011 Women's World Cup , a large German delegation with 30 people traveled to North Korea for the first time, including Claudia Roth (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), DFB President Theo Zwanziger , Thomas Feist (CDU), Katrin Kunert (Die Linke) and Patrick Kurth (FDP). There had been a dispute within the delegation over the visit to the Kumsusan Palace, which Feist and Kurth refused to accept.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ The television shows the dead Kim Jong-il from December 20, 2011
- ^ Rüdiger Frank : North Korea. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Munich 2014, page 70, ISBN 978-3-421-04641-3
- ^ Philipp Meuser (Ed.): Architectural Guide Pyongyang. Volume 1: Photos and Descriptions. DOM publishers, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-86922-126-7 , p. 120.
- ^ Arno Maierbrugger: North Korea Handbook. On the move in a mysterious land . 2nd, updated and expanded edition. Trescher, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-89794-114-4 , pp. 126 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ North Korea - Everything (still) under control Focus 16/2005
- ↑ Christoph Moeskes (ed.): North Korea. Insights into an enigmatic country. Links Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-86153-318-9 .
- ↑ North Korea - Closed Society Weltwoche 18/2004
- ^ Football diplomacy in North Korea , rp-online from April 5, 2011
Coordinates: 39 ° 3 ′ 48 ″ N , 125 ° 47 ′ 21 ″ E