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Gyeongbokgung

Seoul, South Korea

Architectural postcard illustration of Gyeongbokgung palace in Seoul, South Korea
An architectural postcard from the Living Atlas.

The grandest of Seoul's Joseon-dynasty palaces, founded in 1395, with sweeping curved roofs beneath Bugaksan mountain.

Why Atlas chose this place

Dancheong colors under mountain ridgelines — five centuries of Korean palace craft in one courtyard axis.

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