Tag: Deoksu Palace

Picture of the Day: Reconstructed Royal Korean Guesthouse

| September 26, 2023
Opening of rebuilt Korean Empire guesthouse
Opening of rebuilt Korean Empire guesthouse
South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo (3rd from R) and U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Philip Goldberg (2nd from R) look around the rebuilt Dondeokjeon, a historic Western-style building in Deoksu Palace used as a royal guesthouse during the Korean Empire (1897-1910), during its opening ceremony in Seoul on Sept. 25, 2023. The two-story building, originally constructed during the reign of Emperor Gojong around 1901, was reconstructed as part of the Cultural Heritage Administration’s broader plan to restore the original states of royal palaces, which were damaged during the 1910-45 Japanese colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. (Yonhap)

Picture of the Day: Deoksu Palace Restoration

| October 8, 2014

This photo taken on Oct. 7, 2014, shows Deoksu Palace’s Seokjojeon Hall in downtown Seoul, a Western-style building used as an audience hall and sleeping quarters of King Gojong of the Joseon Dynasty, who later became an emperor of Daehan Empire, after its five-year restoration work. The building is to open to the public on Oct. 13 as the Daehan Empire History Museum. (Yonhap)