Yŏnggwang Metro Station
The metro station Yŏnggwang (영광 / 榮光 = brilliant fame) is a subway station on the Chŏllima line of the Pyongyang Metro , the capital of North Korea . The station was built in 1987 and has a connection to Pyongyang Central Station as well as to stops of the Pyongyang tram and the Pyongyang trolleybus . The station is a frequent end point of tourist underground journeys for foreign visitors.
Art and propaganda
The station is characterized by a splendid interior design, consisting of marble , chandeliers and frescoes . Behind the train tracks there are two wall mosaics, each 80 meters long; At the head end of the station, another 17 × 7.7 meter mosaic shows Mount Paektusan .
The lamps and light installations in the train station refer to fireworks and flying confetti at the victory celebration at the end of the Korean War .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Philipp Meuser: Architectural Guide Pyongyang , Volume 1, DOM publishers, 2011, page 99, ISBN 978-3869221267
- ↑ a b 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 ′ 32.8 " N , 125 ° 43 ′ 53.3" E