Kumsusan Palace of the Sun

Taesong-guyok, North Korea · built 1976

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 North Korea, are displayed. Located near the northeast corner of the city of Pyongyang, the memorial has been renovated from the Kumsusan Assembly Hall, Kim Il Sung's official residence and office. The palace has been described as the "sacred temple of Juche" and is noted in the Socialist Constitution as the "eternal sanctuary of the entire Korean nation," being preserved as a national landmark.

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