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Gwanghwamun Plaza

Jongno District, South Korea · built 2009

Gwanghwamun Square, a.k.a. Gwanghwamun Plaza, is a public square located in Sejongno, Jongno-gu, Seoul, in front of Gyeongbokgung. Serving as a public space and, at times, a road for centuries of Korean history, it is also historically significant as it is the location of royal administrative buildings, known as Yukjo-geori or Street of Six Ministries. Today, it features statues of Admiral Yi Sun-sin and of King Sejong the Great.

Square data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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