Seoul center. Bukchon. Palacio Gyeongbokgung
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 5.55 mi
- Elevation gain
- 167 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 223 ft
- Max elevation
- 242 ft
- TrailRank
- 55
- Min elevation
- 104 ft
- Trail type
- One Way
- Moving time
- one hour 42 minutes
- Time
- 3 hours 40 minutes
- Coordinates
- 1219
- Uploaded
- December 4, 2021
- Recorded
- December 2021
near Kahoe-dong, Seoul (South Korea)
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Bukchon is a town within the city, full of traditional "Hanok" houses, with their peculiar roofs that contrast with the surrounding buildings.
In these Hanok houses formerly lived relatives of royalty or important public positions, since they worked for the palaces that are in the surroundings (it is very close to Gyeongbokgung Palace). Today these houses are still inhabited by families with high purchasing power in the city.
The Bukchon people have almost 600 years of history, although most structures have exchanged wood for cement. In the 60s, this town was going to be renovated and therefore the days of the traditional houses were numbered, they were going to be destroyed. Thanks to the citizen protests, the government finally left them as is.
Changdeokgung or Changdeok Palace, is located within a large park in the Jongno district. It is one of the "Five Great Palaces" built by the kings of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897). As it is located to the east of Gyeongbok Palace, Changdeokgung, along with Changgyeonggung, is also known as the "East Palace"
Changdeokgung was the most favored palace of many Joseon kings and preserved many elements dating back to the Three Kingdoms period of Korea that were not incorporated into the more contemporary Gyeongbokgung. One such element is the fact that Changdeokgung's buildings blend in with the natural topography of the site rather than imposing itself on it. Like the other Five Great Palaces in Seoul, it was severely damaged during the Japanese occupation of Korea (1910-1945). Currently, only about 30% of the pre-Japanese structures of the East Palace Complex survive.
In these Hanok houses formerly lived relatives of royalty or important public positions, since they worked for the palaces that are in the surroundings (it is very close to Gyeongbokgung Palace). Today these houses are still inhabited by families with high purchasing power in the city.
The Bukchon people have almost 600 years of history, although most structures have exchanged wood for cement. In the 60s, this town was going to be renovated and therefore the days of the traditional houses were numbered, they were going to be destroyed. Thanks to the citizen protests, the government finally left them as is.
Changdeokgung or Changdeok Palace, is located within a large park in the Jongno district. It is one of the "Five Great Palaces" built by the kings of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1897). As it is located to the east of Gyeongbok Palace, Changdeokgung, along with Changgyeonggung, is also known as the "East Palace"
Changdeokgung was the most favored palace of many Joseon kings and preserved many elements dating back to the Three Kingdoms period of Korea that were not incorporated into the more contemporary Gyeongbokgung. One such element is the fact that Changdeokgung's buildings blend in with the natural topography of the site rather than imposing itself on it. Like the other Five Great Palaces in Seoul, it was severely damaged during the Japanese occupation of Korea (1910-1945). Currently, only about 30% of the pre-Japanese structures of the East Palace Complex survive.
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Religious site
197 ft
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Mountain pass
Fountain
Thermal waters
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