Puhŭng metro station
The Puhŭng metro station (부흥 역 / 復興 驛 = resurgence) is a subway station on the Chŏllima line of the Pyongyang Metro , the capital of North Korea . The station was built in 1987 and is a frequent starting point for tourist underground journeys for foreign visitors.
Art and propaganda
The artistic design of the station deals with the topic of work in North Korea. Various reliefs and wall mosaics depict a flourishing industry and agriculture in honor of the politics of the Labor Party of Korea .
At the head of the platform is the central mural entitled “The Great Leader Kim Il-sung Among Workers”. It is 15.8 meters long and 9.25 meters high. Behind the tracks there are two more mosaics, each 24 meters long and four meters high. They are titled “A Morning of Innovations” and “Song of a Record Harvest”.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Philipp Meuser: Architectural Guide Pyongyang , Volume 1, DOM publishers, 2011, page 101, ISBN 978-3869221267
- ↑ The Pyongyang Metro ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , English edition, 1994
Coordinates: 39 ° 0 ′ 38.7 " N , 125 ° 43 ′ 3" E