Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Deoksugung (Korean: 덕수궁; Hanja: 德壽宮), also called Deoksu Palace or Deoksugung Palace, is a former royal palace in Seoul, South Korea. It was the first main palace of the 1897–1910 Korean Empire. It is now a major tourist attraction. It has a mix of traditional Korean and Western architecture that reflects its history. [1]
National Palace Museum of Korea houses over 40,000 artifacts and royal treasures, from the palaces of the Joseon period and the Korean Empire, of which 14 are National Treasures of South Korea. [3] It displays records, state rites, architecture, clothing, royal life, education, culture, paintings and music of the dynasty's ruling era. [ 4 ]
This reaction eventually spurred the king to return to Deoksugung after slightly more than a year at the Russian embassy. Russian guards continued to guard the king upon his return to the palace. This may have contributed to the declaration of the Korean Empire later in 1897, affirming Korea's independence. Ironically, this increase in Russian ...
The surrounding palace, Deoksugung, originally began as the residence of Grand Prince Wolsan and was only later made a palace in 1611 [21] due to the surrounding palaces being burned down during the Imjin War. [21] [22] During much of the later Joseon dynasty, the palace was little used by the Korean royal family. [22]
King Taejong (Yi Bang-won) soon took over the throne and returned to Hansŏng (present-day Seoul). Taejong was reluctant to build Gyeongbokgung Palace, which had been built by his political opponent Jeong Do-jeon, as well as being the place where he had killed his half-brothers for the throne, and therefore built new palace (named Changdeokgung).
He was proclaimed heir to the throne of Prince Imperial Yeong, the younger half-brother of Sunjong, and moved from Deoksugung Palace to the imperial residence at Changdeokgung Palace. [7] Sunjong's reign was limited by the gradually increasing armed intervention of the Japanese government in Korea.
Over 2,300 years ago, a 20-year-old man was crowned king in a sprawling palace in Greece. He went on to build an empire that stretched to modern-day Afghanistan and left a legacy felt today.
Jeong-dong Culture Night - It is the place where modern Western culture first took root, including Deoksugung Palace where the king stayed during the Joseon period. Ewha School, Baejae School, Jeongdong jaeil Church etc. have been around for more than 100 years to tell the vivid history of Jeong-dong. [3]