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SEOUL CITY WALL GUIDE BOOK

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Things to Remember when Visiting Seoul City Wall • Seoul City Wall is a precious cultural heritage that harmonizes nature and humanity, tradition and modernity. •Many cultural heritage sites are located around the Seoul City Wall. Visitors are sure enjoy their outings even more if they visit these additional attractions •The natural environment of the four inner mountains is also a valuable heritage. It is prohibited to take or use any inflammable materials in these mountains. •Please show consideration for the inhabitants of the nearby residential areas. •As there are no parking lots near the Seoul City Wall, please use public transport.

ISBN 979-11-5621-190-7

Seoul

City Wall

Contents

What is Seoul City Wall?

Seoul City Wall Hiking Trails

04 The Seoul City Wall

16 Baegak Mountain Trails

06 Embracing History

18 Baegak Trail 1 : Changuimun Gate  Baegak Gokseong

08 Cradling the Life

20 Baegak Trail 2 : Baegak Gokseong  Waryong Park

10 Looking forward to the future

22 Baegak Trail 3 : Waryong Park  Hyehwamun Gate

12 Beautiful Seoul City Wall 14 Complete Map of Seoul City Wall

24 Naksan Mountain / Heunginjimun Gate Trails 26 Naksan Trail 1: Hyehwamun  Naksan Park Cultural Plaza 28 Naksan Trail 2: Naksan Park Cultural Plaza  Heunginjimun Gate 30 Heunginjimun Trail: Heunginjimun  Jangchung Gymnasium

32 Namsan(Mongmyeoksan) Mountain / Sungnyemun(Namdaemun) Gate Trail 34 Namsan(Mongmyeoksan) Trail 1 : Jangchung Gymnasium  Namsan Park Bus Stop 36 Namsan(Mongmyeoksan) Trail 2 : Namsan Park Bus Stop  Baekbeom Square 38 Sungnyemun(Namdaemun) Trail : Baekbeom Square  Site of Donuimun Gate

40 Inwangsan Mountain Trails 42 Inwangsan Trail 1 : Site of Donuimun  Inwangsan Gokseong 44 Inwangsan Trail 2 : Inwangsan Gokseong  Changuimun

Information on Seoul City Wall 46 Seoul City Wall in Old Paintings and Pictures 48 Tourist Attractions around Seoul City Wall accessible by Subway This is a part of a 19th-century folding screen that depicts the former site of the Gyeonggi Provincial Governor’s Office. It is part of the Leeum Samsung Museum of Art Collection. The painting clearly depicts Seoul City Wall, which extends across the Inwangsan Ridge from Donuimun Gate. Today a stone post at the entrance to the Seoul Red Cross Hospital marks the site of the Gyeonggi Provincial Governor’s Office.

49 Organizations related to Seoul City Wall 50 Tourist Attractions around Seoul City Wall 02

What is Seoul City Wall?

Seoul City Wall

[Historic Site No. 10] N Sukjeongmun Gate

The wall, which follows the ridges of Baegak(Bugaksan), Naksan( Naktasan), Namsan(Mongmyeoksan) , and Inwangsan, the four main mountains surrounding the center of Seoul, has been rebuilt several times since its initial construction in 1396. The wall measures between 5 and 8m high and is 18.6km long, and it served as city wall for the longest time among the existing walls in the world. Seoul City Wall has four main gates and four auxiliary gates. The main gates are Heunginjimun, Donuimun, Sungnyemun and Sukjeongmun, while the auxiliary gates are Hyehwamun, Souimun, Gwanghuimun and Changuimun. In addition, the five-arch flood gate and two-arch floodgate to the south of Heunginjimun were built to transport water from Cheonggyecheon Stream to outside the wall.

Changuimun Gate Hyehwamun Gate

Heunginjimun Gate

Site of W Donuimun Gate

Gwanghuimun Gate

Site of Souimun Gate Sungnyemun (Namdaemun) Gate

*Panoramic View of the Baegak Mountain Walking Trail by Seoul City Wall

What is Seoul City Wall?

Embracing History

Korean history is engraved in Seoul City Wall. The wall preserves a succession of building technics and structure developed by the Korean people from the Three Kingdoms period onwards. It also shows the whole process of building-technic development during Joseon. Seoul City Wall was originally built about 620 years ago. The actual construction work continued for 98 days, half in the winter and half in the summer of 1394. Some 197,400 people were mobilized for the construction of the wall, which was divided into 97 sections of around 600 feet. The sections were named in the order of the characters in the Thousand Character Classic, a primer for teaching Sino-Korean. Workers from same counties and prefectures were assigned to a specific section. Originally, wall sections on flat ground were built of rammed earth, while those on mountainous terrain were built of stone. However, in 1422, the earthen sections of the wall were replaced with stone as well. In 1704, another massive restoration and rebuilding project was carried out, as parts of the wall had collapsed over the course of time. And since then several restorations have been carried out, too. During the construction of the wall, records of the works were inscribed on the stone blocks of the wall. Seoul City Wall lost a large part of its former appearance during the country’s modernization. In 1899, the first tram lines were built to connect Seoul with outlying communities, and the wall gates lost their original function. Thereafter, the wall connected to the gates were demolished for the expansion of the city’s road networks from 1907. In the Japanese colonial period, Japanese governors deliberately dismantled the wall gates or neglected to be damaged. Donuimun and Souimun Gate were dismantled and Gwanghuimun and Hyehwamun Gate were seriously damaged. Also the wall was damaged in that local residents built their houses too near to it. After Korean liberation from Japan, the wall continued to be damaged in the rush of modernization. Reconstruction of Seoul City Wall began at a site around Sukjeongmun Gate, behind the presidential residence, shortly after a unit of the North Korean Special Forces infiltrated Seoul on 21 January 1968. That project was extended to the entire wall section from 1974. However, the integrity of Seoul City Wall was damaged in places as conservation and restoration works were overly focused on rejoining severed sections. Seoul Metropolitan Government fully recognized these problems, and established the department exclusively responsible for the wall, Seoul City Wall Division in September 2012. And the city government drew up master plan for the conservation and management of Seoul City Wall in accordance with the criteria for UNESCO World Heritage Sites in October 2013. As of 2014, some 70% (12.8km) of entire Seoul City Wall has been restored, and Sukjeongmun, Gwanghuimun, and Hyehwamun were rebuilt, although Gwanghuimun and Hyehwamun had to be put on locations near their original sites.

*<National Treasure No.853> Suseon Jeondo (Complete Map of Seoul) [1840’s | by Kim Jeong-ho (presumed) | 82.5cmx 67.5cm | Korea University Museum Collection] The term Suseon means “the prime goodness”, coming from “shiji(史記, history book of Sima Qian). Suseon Jeondo is complete map of Seoul in Joseon, herein the term Suseon is used to emphasis “building of the prime goodness starts in Seoul".

[A stone block of the wall, inscribed as “Gangjayukbaekcheok”] A Stone of the wall, written as “Gangjayukbaekcheok ” was discovered in an embankment near the Namsan J-Gran House. The stone block is the record of the constructon section and length. The original position of this stone is unknown, as the embankment was built with the stones acquired from the demolished wall.

[Excavation site of Seoul City Wall at the foot of Hoehyeon, Namsan] In 2013, a section of the wall(94.1m), which had been demolished in 1925 (during the Japanese Colonial Period) to build the Joseon Shinto Shrine was excavated. This section of the wall, built with both original stone blocks from the wall and new stone blocks used for its repair, shows the layers of 600-years history of the wall.

What is Seoul City Wall?

Cradling Life

Seoul City Wall, which protected Seoul for some 600 years, closely affected the daily life of the people inside. Residents were informed of the opening and closing times of the city gates by the sound of the bell hanging in Bosingak belfry on Jongno. The bell was struck thirty-three times to lift the curfew in the early morning and twenty-eight times to announce the curfew in the evening. The gates of private houses were opened and closed according to the tolling of the bell, so the opening and closing times of the city gates controlled the rhythm of the citizen’s life.

Seoul City Wall was also a boundary between life and death. Everyone who died, whether king or commoner, had to be buried outside the wall. Thus, living within the wall signified life itself to the people in Seoul.

Seoul City Wall represented the capital itself. People headed towards the capital from countryside would see the wall in the distance and realized they were nearing their destination. The wall meant something different to the scholars who traveled to the capital to take the state examinations, success in which would land them a government post. Some of those candidates, hoping to pass the exam, would walk around the entire wall. This practice became popular among local residents and developed into a traditional amusement going around the wall and enjoying the beautiful scenery.

Seoul City Wall helped unite the capital with its suburbs. Quarrying was prohibited inside the wall, stones used for the wall had to be supplied from outside. Although the wall was built on the ridges of Mts. Baegak, Nakta, Mongmyeok, and Inwang, the stone materials came from areas around Mts. Bukhansan and Achasan outside the wall.

The capital defense system was anchored by Seoul City Wall. The wall alone was insufficient for defending the capital. during times of external invasion or civil rebellion, the wall was never used for the purpose of defense. Therefore, people commonly complained about all the work to build the wall in that is useless. On September 11, 1971 in lunar calender, King Yeongjo proclaimed the decree on guarding the walls, declaring, “In an emergency, I will be the first to go up to the fortified wall to defend the city with the people.” Moreover, the king assigned each defense section to a community inside the wall so that they could protect their own section with their own weapons in event of an emergency.

* Old Photo of Hyehwamun Gate | National Museum of Korea Collection

[Hyehwamun Gate] Hyehwamun from outside the wall. Hyehwamun served as a passageway to city of Uijeongbu and Pocheon from the capital. *Ammun(Secret Path) on Naksan Mountain Hiking Trail of Seoul City Wall

[Naksan Mountain Trail] As the administrative district of Seoul has expanded greatly, Seoul City Wall, which once marked the boundary between Hanseongbu (Capital Prefecture in Joseon) and its outskirts 600 years ago, has now become a cultural property in the center of Seoul. 08

What is Seoul City Wall?

Looking Forward To The Future Seoul City Wall is the outcome of a succession of developments regarding the structure and the techniques used to construct fortress walls on both mountainous terrain and flat ground since Goguryeo. Seoul City Wall pairs royal palaces and fortress walls of Bukhansanseong and Namhansanseong, which protected the capital city. The shape of the stone blocks and inscriptions on them indicate the construction date and time period.

The wall construction in the reign of King Taejo(1396)

The wall construction in the reign of King Sejong(1422)

The wall construction in the reign of King Sukjong (1704~)

The wall construction in the reign of King Sunjo (1800~)

The wall were completed by two separate projects in January and August of 1396(lunar calender). The stone sections of the wall were built on mountainous terrain, while rammed earth sections were constructed on flat ground. Natural stones were shaped for use in the construction of the wall.

The wall reconstruction project in January of 1422(lunar calender) replaced the rammed earth sections with natural stones chiseled into kernel shape.

The stone blocks used in the rebuilding of the wall were made in a standardized size of 40~45cm in length and width, preserving the wall more solid than before.

Square(60cm x 60cm)stone blocks were used to construct the wall. Stone blocks with character engravings can be seen along the parapet. Research into the inscriptions is ongoing.

Seoul City Wall was built along the natural topography around Seoul. Respect for nature is a long-held tradition of the Korean people. Thus, the wall, which was built in this natural way, became a part of the natural environment over time and a subject of culture and art. Seoul City Wall is one of the world’s longest and oldest city walls. It is rare to find city walls the size of Seoul City Wall in any city with a population of ten million people or more. Although some sections are damaged, 70% of the entire length of the wall has been preserved or rebuilt. Seoul City Wall was registered on UNESCO’s World Heritage Tentative List on 23 November 2012. Getting Seoul City Wall listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site is an expression of the Korean people’s desire and resolution to preserve the natural and historical landscape of Seoul and to hand it down to future generations. The most important factor in preserving any cultural heritage is the love by the residents who live with that cultural heritage.

Baegak Mountain

Site of Donuimun Gate

Inwangsan Mountain

* Panoramic view of Seoul from the Namsan Mountain Hiking Trail (Jamdubong Photo Island 잠두봉 포토아일랜드) of the wall

Changuimun Gate

Sukjeongmun Gate

Hyehwamun Gate

Naksan Mountain

What is Seoul City Wall?

Beautiful Seoul City Wall Tourist Attractions of Seoul City Wall Wall around Dongdaemun Seonggwak Park, where inscribed stone blocks are clearly in evidence.

Backstreet of Naksan Mountain Catholic University of Korea, A Magnificent Atmosphere of Seoul City Wall

Wooden stairway to the east of Namsan, where can find an original appearance in the reign of King Taejo

Backstreet of Jangchung Gymnasium, where can find an original appearance in the reign of King Sejong

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Along the wall are various stones bearing inscriptions. At the wall around the entrance to Dongdaemun Seonggwak Park, these stone blocks were replaced together during the maintenance of the wall. In the 14th and 15th centuries, the names of the counties and prefectures in charge of constructing the section were written, while in the 15th century the name and position of the supervisors and lead technicians were engraved on the stone blocks.

From within the wall, only a roof of the wall, roughly the shoulder height of a man, can be seen. The hiking circuit path of the wall on the Naksan Trail is arranged outside the wall so that visitors can appreciate magnificence and solidness of the wall at a glance.

Built in the reign of King Taejo, the section of the wall beside the wooden stairway, which runs along the eastern ridge of Namsan, still looks like it did 600 years ago.

In the reign of King Sejong, the natural stones used to build the wall were chiseled into kernel shapes. A section of the wall built in this way remains well preserved in the backstreet of Jangchung Gymnasium. Many inscribed stone blocks can also be seen in this section.

Night View from Naksan Seoul City Wall, a Grand Addition to the City’s Nightscape

Beautiful Views around Seoul City Wall Harmony between Sungnyemun Gate and the Dense Forest of Buildings. Seoul City Wall in downtown area, which becomes more familiar to the citizens

Magnificent View with Mountains Seoul City Wall Blends in with Nature along the Ridge of Baegak Mountain

Harmony between City and Nature Seoul City Wall - Embracing Seoul and Its population of ten million

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The section of the wall on flat ground around city stands in harmony with the dense forest of buildings in downtown area. It is a wonderful cultural heritage that is easily accessible anytime. This photo shows the right- and left-hand sides of the wall and Sungnyemun, which was destroyed by fire in 2008 and restored in 2013.

The section of the wall that follows the ridges of Mounts Baegak and Inwangsan has become a part of the natural surroundings, creating a sublime view. This photo of the wall was taken from Baegak Gokseong.

Looking down at Inwangsan from Inwang Gokseong(roundprojected fortress wall), it is possible to imagine the picturesque view of old Seoul City Wall stretching along the foothills of Inwangsan and gently folding the downtown area, The photo shows the newly-restored section of the wall along the western ridgeline of Inwangsan.

Lights have been installed along the Naksan Trail, making it an excellent place to enjoy a stroll even in the evening. If you follow the circuit path to the top, you can admire night view of Seoul, as seen in this photo of the wall taken from the top of Naksan.

Cheongun-dong 청운동

g-ro

경복궁 서측 한옥마을

Gyeongbokgung Palace 경복궁

Malbawi Information Center 말바위안내소

북촌한옥마을

Bukchon Hanok Village

가회동

Gahoe-dong

Samcheong Park 삼청공원

National Folk Museum of Korea 국립민속박물관

cheon

Guksadang Shrine of Inwangsan 인왕산 국사당

Paiwha Girls' High School 배화여자고등학교

Hanok Village to the West of Gyeongbokgung Palace

하문로

사직동

Hyoja-ro

Inwangsan Seonbawi Rock 인왕산 선바위

Sajik-dong

Park Nosu's House (Jongno Park No-soo Art Museum) 박노수 가옥(종로구립 박노수미술관)

Inwangsan Gokseong 인왕산 곡성

(339m)

인왕산

Inwangsan Mt.

Cheong Wa Dae 청와대 o Che ngwadae-ro

(342m)

백악(북악산)

Baegak Mt.

Baegangmaru 백악마루

January 21, Pine Tree 1.21 사태 소나무

Choi Sayoung’s House in Mapo 마포 최사영 고택

300m

Changgyeonggung Palace 창경궁

명륜동

Daehan Medical Center (Seoul National Univ. Hospital Institute) 대한의원 (서울대학교병원 부설 병원연구소)

Myeongnyun -dong

da mil

(124m)

낙산

Naksan Mt.

창신동

Changsin-dong

삼선동

Samseon-dong

Hyehwamun Gate 혜화문

Samseon Middle School 삼선중학교 Seoul Science High School Seoul Global High School 서울과학고등학교 서울국제고등학교 Waryong Park 24p 와룡공원 The Official Residence of the Seoul mayors Sungkyunkwan Univ. 4 구 서울시장공관 성균관대학교 Hansung Univ. Station Former Prime Minister Johan. M. Chang's House 한성대입구역 Hahn Moo Sook House in Myeongnyun-dong 한무숙 문학관 명륜동 장면 가옥 Catholic Univ. of Korea Seoul Munmyo Confucian Poem Korea Museum (Songsin Campus) 현대시 박물관 Shrine and Sungkyunkwan 가톨릭대학교 서울문묘 및 성균관 Museum of Korea Straw and 성신교정 Plant Handicraft 짚풀생활사박물관 Sangmyung Art Hall Samseon Sangsang Children's Park 상명아트홀 Daemyeong Street 삼선 상상어린이공원 Ilseok Memorial Hall 대명거리 Chundangji Ministry of Culture, Seoul Theater Center 일석기념관 Jangsu Village Sports & Tourism Changdeokgung 서울연극센터 Pond 장수마을 Hansung Univ 문화체육관광부 Palace 4 춘당지 Naksan Park 한성대학교 창덕궁 Hyehwa Station Cultural Plaza 혜화역 낙산공원 DIY Workshop Marronnier Park 놀이마당 in Jangsu Village Seoul National Univ. Hospital 마로니에공원 장수마을 공방작업장 서울대학교병원

Sangheo Lee Taejun’s House Seongnagwon Garden 상허 이태준 가옥 성락원 Seongbuk-gu Museum of Art 성북구립미술관 Manhae Han Yongun Lee Jongseok’s Villa Seonjamdan Altar Site in Seoul Simujang House 선잠단지 in Seongbuk-dong 만해 한용운 심우장 성북동 이종석 별장 Choi Sunu House in Seongbuk-dong Kansong Art Museum 성북동 최순우 가옥 Bukjeong Village 간송미술관 북정마을

Yulgok-ro 율 곡 로

Sukjeongmun Information Center 숙정문안내소

Samcheonggak 삼청각

Gilsangsa Temple 길상사

성북동

Seongbuk-dong

16 p Baegak Mountain Trail: Changuimun Gate ~ Hyehwamun Gate [4.7km, 3 hours]

Bugak Palgakjeong Pavilion 북악팔각정

Sukjeongmun Gate 숙정문

Cheongundae 청운대

Baegak Gokseong 백악 곡성

평창동

Gyeonggi Commercial High School 경기상업고등학교

Seosijeong Pavilion 서시정

Yun Dong-ju Hill 윤동주 시인의 언덕

Inwangsan Peak 인왕산 정상 Suseongdong Valley of Inwangsan 인왕산 수성동 계곡

Inwangsan Gichabawi Rock 인왕산 기차바위

Bangye Yun Eungryeol's Villa 반계 윤웅렬 별장

Site of Prince Anpyeong Lee Yong’s House 안평대군 이용 집터

Jaha o 자 mun-r

Sam Sa

Jang

Daehak-ro

Changgye

ero

Ujeongguk-ro

삼 청 로

Sejong-daero

효자로

Sungnyemun (Namdaemun) Trail: Baekbeom Square ~ Site of Donuimun Gate [1.8km, 1 hour]

Hangan

g-daero

Cheong

pa-ro

[ Namdaemun ] * National Treasure No. 1 (Old photo of Donuimun| National Museum of Korea Collection)

Sungnyemun

청 파 로

Donuimun

한 강 대 로

[ Seodaemun ] * The gate was demolished & buried in 1915 during the Japanese Colonial Period.

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Sukjeongmun [ Bukdaemun, Sukcheongmun ]

[ Honghwamun ]

Hyehwamun

(Old photo of Souimun | National Museum of Korea Collection)

[ Sodeokmun ] * The gate was demolished & buried in 1914 during the Japanese Colonial Period.

Souimun

Four Auxiliary Gates of Seoul City Wall

[ Sigumun / Sugumun ]

Gwanghuimun

Namsan (Mongmyeoksan) Mountain :Jangchung Gymnasium 산 Trail 궁궐/종묘 녹지대 ~ Baekbeom 기타지역 Square [4.2km, 3 hours]

Site of Namsomun Gate 남소문 터

다산동

[ Jahamun ]

Changuimun

Maebongsan Park 매봉산공원

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[ Dongdaemun ] * National Treasure No. 1

월

로

Heunginjimun

소

32p

소공로

(270m)

동 호 로

남산(목멱산)

Other Areas

Namsan (Mongmyeoksan) Mt.

후암동

로

Huam-dong

산

Dasan-dong

동

Green Belt

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다

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Royal Palace/ Jongmyo

ong

호

Mt.

Sog

n-r

회현동

필동

장충동

Jangchung-dong

Gwanghuimun Gate 광희문

Heunginjimun Gate 흥인지문

Hoehyeon -dong

Pil-dong

창 경 궁 로

Sungnyemun Gate (Namdaemun) 숭례문

명동

gdan

중림동

Namdaemun-ro

Myeong-dong

Dongho-ro

chun

Jungnim-dong

우정국로

Site of Souimun Gate 소의문 터

Site of Donuimun Gate 돈의문 터

인사동

이화동

Ihwa-dong

Heunginjimun Gate Trail: Heunginjimun Gate ~ Jangchung Gymnasium (1.8km, 1 hour)

Four Main Gates of Seoul City Wall

Inwangsan Mountain Trail: Site of Donuimun Gate ~ Changuimun Gate [4km, 2 hours 30 minutes] ro

교남동

대로

Insa-dong

onggung-

Gyonam-dong

삼일

무악동

Muak-dong

Gwanghwamun Station Korea National Ihwajang Unhyeongung Palace 광화문 Sewing Village in Open Univ. House Sajik Neighborhood Park Sajik-ro 운현궁 Changsin-dong 사 직 로 한국방송통신대학교 이화장 사직근린공원 (Site of Quarry) Gyeongbokgung Station Anguk Station Ihwa Village 창신동 봉제마을(채석장 터) Seodaemun Prison 경복궁역 안국역 이화마을 National Museum of Korean Jongmyo Shrine History Hall Dilkusha Jogyesa Contemporary 종 묘 서대문형무소역사관 (Tailor's House) Seoul Cith Wall Museum Temple History Sungkok Art Museum Nakwon Music (Seoul Design Support Center) 딜쿠샤(테일러 가옥) 조계사 대한민국 성곡미술관 Instrument Mall 한양도성박물관(서울디자인지원센터) Dongnimmun Hong Nanpa's House 역사박물관 Sejong Center for 낙원악기상가 Dongdaemun Seonggwak Park in Hongpa-dong Station the Performing Arts 동대문성곽공원 홍파동 홍난파 가옥 독립문역 Tapgol Park 세종문화회관 Gyeonghuigung 1 Dongdaemun Station 1 4 Seoul History 탑골공원 30p Woram Neighborhood Park Palace Museum S a e m u n a n - r o Gwanghwamun 새 문 안 로 1 Jongno 5(0)ga Station 동대문역 Jong-ro 종 로 월암근린공원 경희궁 Site of Ogansumun Sewoon 서울역사박물관 Dongdaemun Market 종로5가역 Jongno 3(sam)ga Station Jonggak Station Shopping Mall Floodgate Bosingak Belfry Station 동대문종합시장 광화문역 종각역 Doosan Tower 오간수문 터 세운상가 보신각 Pyounghwa Market 종로3가역 Gyeonggyojang House 두산타워 Dongdaemun History Cheonggye Plaza Bangsan Market 평화시장 National Medical 경교장 &Culture Park 청계광장 방산시장Hullyeonwon Park Center (Site of Old Dongdaemun Kangbuk Samsung Chungdong First 국립중앙의료원 Stadium) Seoul City Hall 훈련원공원 Medical Center Methodist Church (New City Hall) 동대문역사 Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) 강북삼성병원 정동교회 서울시청(신청사) Eulji-ro 을 지 로 문화공원 동대문디자인플라자 Euljiro 1(il)ga Station Euljiro 4(sa)ga Station Ewha Girls' Deoksugung (옛 동대문운동장 터) Seoul Plaza 3 Euljiro 3(sam)ga Station 2 4 5 을지로입구역 을지로4가역 서울광장 Hwangudan Palace High School 을지로3가역 Seodaemun Dongdaemun Dongdaemun History & Culture 덕 수 궁 이화여자고등학교 Altar Station Park Station History Museum 환구단 City Hall Station 서대문역 동대문역사문화공원역 1398 시청역 동대문역사관 1398 Myeongdong Cathedral 지하철 역 지하철 출입구 명동 대성당 Myeong-dong 버스정류장 Main building of Jungang-ro Bank of Korea 1호선 시청역 Hoam Art Hall 명동중앙로 한국은행 본관 호암아트홀 퇴 시청역 계 로 Chungmuro Station T o e g y e - r o 4호선 Jangchung-dong Jokbal Alley Shinsegae Department Store(HQ) 충무로역 Myeongdong Seosomun History Park 장충동 족발골목 신세계백화점 본점 Station 서소문역사공원 명동역 Namdaemun Bus Stop Subway Subway Exit Sindang-dong Jangchungdan Park Market Line 2 City Hall Namsangol Hanok Village Dongguk Univ. 장충단공원 Catholic Church 남대문시장 Line 4 City Hall 남산골 한옥마을 Station Dongguk Univ. 천주교 신당동교회 Hoehyeon 동대입구역 동국대학교 Station Wall Gate Mountain Scenic Views Jangchung Gymnasium 회현역 Soongeui Women's College 장충체육관 숭의여자대학교 SK Namsan Bldg. Son Keechung SportsDemolished Park & SK남산빌딩 손기정체육공원 City Wall Secret Path Buried Section Baekbeom Square 38p Seokhojeong(Archery Range) 백범광장 Namsan Cable Car Station 석호정 남산 케이블카 승강장 Gye Air Namsan J-Gran House Baegak Naksan Heunginjimun Patriot Ahn Jung-geun Yaksu Station Wedding & Party Seoul Station Section Section Section Site of Mongmyeoksan Memorial Hall 약수역 Jangchung National Theater 남산 서울역 Beacon Mound 안중근 의사 기념관 Middle& of Korea 제이그랜하우스 S o w o l - r o Namsan Palgakjeong 목멱산 봉수대 터 High School Namsan Sungnyemun Inwangsan 국립극장 Pavillion 장충중고등학교 Section Section Section 남산 팔각정 N Seoul Tower Banyan Tree Club N서울타워 & Spa Seoul Entryway Park Path Road 반얀트리클럽 &스파서울

40p

Changuimun Gate 창의문

Changuimun Information Center 창의문 안내소

GENERAL MAP Buam-dong OF 부 암 SEOUL 동 CITY WALL

Bekseokdongcheon in Buam-dong 부암동 백석동천

Pyeongchang-dong

Naksan Mountain Trail: Hyehwamun Gate ~ Heunginjimun Gate [2.1km, 1 hour]

1 What is Seoul City Wall?

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Baegak Mounatain Trail

Changuimun Gate  Hyehwamun Gate

Trail

Distance

4.7km

about 3 hours

Duration

The Baegak Trail runs from Changuimun to Hyehwamun, and crosses Baegak (Bugaksan, 342m), which was the main mountain of Seoul four inner mountains in old Seoul according to geomantic theory and the highest one among them. After a unit of North Korean Special Forces infiltrated Seoul in 1968, public access to this area was limited for about forty years. It was finally reopened to the public in 2007.

Link to the Home Page

Opening hours : Closed every Monday. If a national holiday falls on a Monday, it will be closed on Tuesday. Summer (Mar. ~ Oct.) 09:00~16:00, Winter (Nov. ~ Feb.) 10:00~15:00 Notice : Visitors should present their identification card at the information centers of Changuimun, Sukjeongmun, and Malbawi.

Bus Stop

부암동 Baegak Chotdaebawi Rock 백악 촛대바위

YooGeum Museum 유금와당박물관

January 21, Pine Tree 1.21 사태 소나무

Baegangmaru 백악마루

Malbawi Information Center 말바위 안내소

북

로

성

Samcheong Park 삼청공원

Myeongnyun-dong n-

명륜동

The Official Residence of the Seoul mayors 구 서울시장공관

자 하

문 로

Gyeonggi Commercial High School 경기상업고등학교

Sungkyunkwan Univ. 성균관대학교 Hahn Moo Sook House 한무숙 문학관

18p

Cheongun-dong 청운동

Samseon Middle School 삼선중학교

Waryong Park 와룡공원

Seoul Science High School 서울과학고등학교

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(342m)

Seoul Global High School 서울국제고등학교

Choi Sunu House in Seongbuk-dong 성북동 최순우 가옥

Seosijeong Pavilion 서시정

Seonjamdan Altar Site in Seoul 선잠단지

Sungbuk Elementary School 성북초등학교

Hongik High School Attached to Hongik Univ. 홍익사대부속 고등학교

북정마을

백악(북악산)

Other Areas

삼

Bukjeong Village

Baegak Mt.

Yun Dong-ju Hill 윤동주시인의 언덕 Bangye Yun Eungryeol's Villa 반계 윤웅렬 별장

Kansong Art Museum 간송미술관

Green Belt

Yun Dong-ju Literary Police Commissioner Museum Choi Gyusik Statue 윤동주문학관 최규식 동상

Manhae Han Yongun Simujang House 만해 한용운 심우장

Lee Jongseok’s Villa in Seongbuk-dong 성북동 이종석 별장

Road

Site of Prince Anpyeong Lee Yong’s House 안평대군 이용 집터

Sangheo Lee Taejun’s House 상허 이태준 가옥 Seongbuk-gu Museum of Art 성북구립미술관

Park Path

Royal Palace/ Jongmyo

Mt.

Scenic Views

Demolished & Secret Path Buried Section

Entryway

Seongnagwon Garden 성락원

Samcheonggak 삼청각

Cheongundae 청운대

Changuimun Information Center 창의문 안내소

Choi Sayoung’s House in Mapo 마포 최사영 고택

Sukjeongmun Gate 숙정문

Sukjeongmun Information Center 숙정문 안내소

Sanmotungi Café 산모퉁이카페

Changuimun Gate 창의문

Mountain

City Wall

Gilsangsa Temple 길상사

Buam-dong Ammun(Secret Path) 암문

Wall Gate

성북동

Baegak Gokseong 백악 곡성

Whanki Museum 환기미술관

Subway Exit

Line 2 City Hall

Seongbuk-dong

150m

Seokpajeong Pavillion (Seoul Museum) 석파정(서울미술관)

Subway Line 1 City Hall

Bekseokdongcheon in Buam-dong 부암동 백석동천

20p

22p

Sungbosa Shrine 숭보사 Seoul Munmyo Confucian Shrine and Sungkyunkwan 서울문묘 및 성균관

Hyehwamun Gate 혜화문

4 Hansung Univ. Station 한성대입구역

Former Prime Minister Johan. M. Chang's House in Myeongnyun-dong 명륜동 장면 가옥 Poem Korea Museum 현대시박물관

Hyehwa-dong Community Service Center (Former Han Soje's House) 혜화동주민센터 (구 한소제 가옥)

Catholic Univ. of Korea16 (Songsin Campus) 가톨릭대학교 성신교정

Baegak Mounatain Trail

Bus Stop

Subway

Subway Exit

Line 1 City Hall

Baegak Mounatain Trail

Line 2 City Hall

Wall Gate

City Wall

Link to the Mobile Application

Bekseokdongcheon in Buam-dong 부암동 백석동천

Mountain

Demolished & Secret Path Buried Section

Entryway

Bugak Skyway 북악스카이웨이

Mt.

Scenic Views

Park Path

Royal Palace/ Jongmyo

Green Belt

Changuimun Gate  Baegak Gokseong

Distance

1.7km

Duration

about 1 hour 20 minutes

Notice : Photography might be restricted in some areas, and visitors must bring their ID with them. (Sections where ID must be presented:Information centers of Changuimun, Sukjeongmun, and Malbawi Transportation : [Changuimun] Gyeongbokgung Station Exit 3 Green bus No. 7212, 1020 or 7022 Get off the bus off Jahamungogae Ridge 2 minutes on foot

Road

Other Areas

Changuimun Gate~Baegak Gokseong[1.7km, about 1 hour 20 minutes] Bugak Palgakjeong Pavilion 북악팔각정

[ Changuimun ]

<Historic Site No. 149> Changuimun, situated on the northwest section of the wall, between mounts Inwangsan and Baegak, is the only auxiliary gate whose gate tower has survived to the present day. This gate tower was destroyed in 1592 during the war against Japan, and was reconstructed in 1741. Changuimun is now also known as Jahamun, since the scenery around the gate seems similar to that of scenic site Jahadong in Gaegyeong, the capital of Goryeo.

Baegak Gokseong 백악 곡성

Sangmyung Univ.

Trail

상명대학교

[ Baegakmaru ] Baegakmaru is the highest point of the wall; a stone post inscribed with Baegak, Altitude of 342m stands there. During the first construction project, the whole length of the wall was divided into 97 sections, which were named in the order of the characters in the Thousand Character Classic. The first section was called Cheon (天; sky) and the last one Jo (弔; condolences). Baegakgmaru is the first ‘Cheon (天; sky)’ section of the wall.

ha mu

Ammun(Secret Path) 암문

Buam-dong

하문로 ro 자

[ January 21, Pine tree ] There is a pine tree on the circuit path running down towards Cheongundae from Baegakmaru(top of mountain). This approximately 200-year-old pine tree bears the traces of about fifteen bullets made during the gun battle between the South Korean military and police and the North Korean Special Forces unit, who infiltrated Korea on January 21, 1968. From this spot, a wide panorama between Bukhansan Mountain and Baegak spreads out beyond the wall.

부암동 Sanmotungi Café 산모퉁이카페

Seokpajeong Pavillion (Seoul Museum) 석파정(서울미술관)

Whanki Museum

YooGeum Museum

Another Story about Changuimun

Cheongundae 청운대

환기미술관

Drawing on the arch ceiling A phoenix is engraved on the front of Hongye(half-arched door similar to rainbow) on Changuimun, and another one is painted on the ceiling. However, there is popular saying that they are not phoenixes but chickens. As the topography outside Changuimun resembles a centipede, the chickens are put on there as the natural enemy of centipede to keep the balance of surrounding topography.

유금와당 박물관

Changuimun Gate 창의문

Buam-dong Community Service Center 부암동 주민센터

Changuimun Information Center 창의문 안내소

Jahamun Tunnel 자하문 터널

Dolphin Rest Area 돌고래 쉼터

백악마루

[ Seokpajeong Pavillion (Seoul Museum) ]

자하문 고개

Police Commissioner Choi Gyusik Statue

Yun Dong-ju Literary Museum

northwest to the Changuimun. Seokpajeong, a beautifully-constructed traditional Korean house dating from the mid-19th century, was the residence of Emperor Gojong’s farther. There were seven buildings, but now only the Anchae (main house), Sarangchae (guesthouse), and Byeolchae (separate building) remain. The remaining buildings became part of the Seoul Museum of Art, where visitors can see some 100 paintings by Korean modern and contemporary artists including Lee Jungseob, Park Sookeun, Cheon Gyeongja, Kim Gichang, and Oh Chigyun.

백악(북악산)

(342m)

윤동주문학관 Ch an

Seosijeong Pavilion 서시정

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의

문

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Jahamun Tunnel 자하문 터널 Cheongun Park 청운공원

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문

로

Gyeonggi Commercial High School 경기상업고등학교

Cheong-un Middle School 청운중학교

Negara Brunei Darussalam Embassy 브루나이대사관

Cheongun-dong

N Kyungbock High School 경복고등학교

청운동

Gyeongbokgung Palace Chungwoon Elementary School 청운초등학교

* Seongbuk-gu viewed from Gokseong

<Tangible Cultural

Property No. 26> Seokpajeong and Seoul Museum are situated in the

Baegak Mt.

최규식 동상

Yun Dong-ju Hill 윤동주 시인의 언덕

the wall which exist in Inwangsan and Baegak. Only Baegak Gokseong is open to the public, and it is one of the best places to admire the mountainous topography of Seoul.

Baegangmaru

Jahamungogae Ridge

Site of Prince Anpyeong Lee Yong’s House 안평대군 이용 집터

Bangye Yun Eungryeol's Villa 반계 윤웅렬 별장

January 21, Pine Tree 1.21 사태 소나무

Baegak Rest Area 백악 쉼터

[ Baegak Gokseong ] Gokseongs are rounded, projecting sections of

경복궁

100m

What you need to know about the wall

[ Circuit path of the Wall outside Ammun ] There used to be a circuit where soldiers would patrol around the inside and outside of the wall during the Joseon. Ammun is a small doorway used for patrol and maintenance of the wall.

Guide to Circuit Path of the Wall

[ Walk along the Wall ] Changuimun Gate Changuimun Information Center Dolphin Rest Area Baegak Rest Area Baegangmaru January 21, Pine Tree Cheongundae Ammun(Secret Path) Baegak Gokseong (1 hour 20 minutes on foot) [ Recommended Walks ] Police Commissioner Choi Gyusik Statue Yun Dong-ju Literary Museum YooGeum Museum Seokpajeong Pavillion (Seoul Museum) Whanki Museum Changuimun (1 hour on foot)

Pyeongchang-dong

Baegak Mounatain Trail

평창동

Bus Stop

Subway

Baegak Mounatain Trail

Subway Exit

Line 1 City Hall Line 2 City Hall

Wall Gate

Mountain

Scenic Views

성북동 Entryway

Mt.

Buam-dong

Park Path

Royal Palace/ Jongmyo

Green Belt

Distance

1.8km

Duration

about 1 hour

City Wall

Link to the Mobile Application

Baegak Gokseong  Malbawi Information Center

Notice : Photography might be restricted in some areas, and visitor must bring IDs with them. (Sections where IDs must be presented: Information centers of Changuimun, Sukjeongmun, and Malbawi) Transportation : [Sukjeongmun Information Center] Hansung Univ. Station Exit 6 Green bus No. 1111 or 2112 Get off at Seoul Myungsu School 20 minutes on foot [Malbawi Information Center] 1) Anguk Station Exit 2 Jongno Town Bus No. 02 Get off at the Sungkyunkwan Univ. Back Gate 20 minutes on foot 2) Gwanghwamun Station Exit 2 Jongno Town Bus No. 11 Get off at Samcheong Park 20 minutes on foot

Demolished & Seongbuk-dong Secret Path Buried Section

Bugak Palgakjeong Pavilion 북악팔각정

Trail

Road

Other Areas

부암동

Malbawi Information Center~Waryong Park [1km , about 30 minutes]

Baegak Gokseong 백악 곡성

[ Sukjeongmun Gate ] Sukjeongmun, situated on the north side

[ Malbawi Information Center and Scenic Views ] Malbawi is

of the wall, is the only remaining gate whose sides are still connected with the wall. Built in 1976, the gate tower was an entirely new addition to the wall.

a large rock in Samcheong Park. There are two opinions about the origin of the rock’s name because of its different meanings in the same sound. Some said that the word "Mal" means "the last one" because the rock is positioned at the foot of Baegak, while others said that it means "horse" as people tethered their horses to the rock. There are two exellent view points around Malbawi; one directs to Seongbuk-gu, another directs to Jongno-gu. To get to the points , it needs to carefully check the signs since the main trail splits into several different places such as the Sukjeongmun Information Center, Malbawi Information Center, Samcheong Park, and Waryong Park.

Headspring, Seongbukcheon Stream 성북천 발원지

Sukjeongmun Gate 숙정문

Baegak Chotdaebawi Rock 백악 촛대바위

Samcheonggak

Seongbuk Friendship Place

삼청각

성북 우정의 공원

Sukjeongmun Information Center 숙정문 안내소

Myungsu School 명수학교

Samcheong Tunnel 삼청터널 Malbawi Information Center 말바위 안내소

Scenic Views (To Seongbuk-gu) 우수조망명소 (성북구 방향)

Samseongyo

Baegak Gokseong ~ Malbawi Information Center [800m , about 30 minutes]

[ Bukchon Hanok Village ] Bukchon, an old community located

삼선교

Scenic Views (To Jongno-gu) 우수조망명소 (종로구 방향)

Bukjeong Village 북정마을

Bukchon Hanok Village Samcheong Park Samcheong Park

Another Story about Sukjeongmun

삼청공원

삼청공원 The Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea 감사원

Waryong Park 와룡공원

Sungkyunkwan Univ. Back Gate 성대후문

Bukchon Museum 북촌생활사박물관

The Han Sang Soo Embroidery Museum 한상수 자수 박물관 Gyeongbokgung Palace Jeongdok Public Library 경복궁 서울시립 정독도서관

Jaedong Elementary School Tourist Information Center

재동초교관광안내소 National Museum of Modern Anguk Station and Contemporary 안국역 Bukchon Traditional Art, Korea, Seoul Yun Posun's House Culture Center 국립현대미술관 서울관 in Anguk-dong 북촌문화센터 안국동 윤보선가

Beomnyeonsa Temple Constitutional Court 법련사

of Korea 헌법재판소

Samcheong Park

Changdeokgung Palace 창덕궁

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삼청공원

Samcheong Park 삼청공원

Malbawi Walking Trail 말바위 등산로

Samcheong-dong 삼청동

Owl Museum 부엉이박물관

Why is Sukjeongmun always closed? In Asia, the north traditionally represents shadows, darkness, and femininity, while the south represents light, masculinity, and brightness. Regarding the topography of Seoul, the north side of the city is characterized by hillside and the south side is low-lying ground, so it is said that yin, or feminine, energy is stronger. Thus, Sukjeongmun, the north gate usually remains closed except in times of severe drought. There was also a popular saying that if Sukjeongmun was opened, the local women would become lustful. In the Chines Classic mulberry was often reffered to the dating place. Coincidentally, there were some facilities related to mulberry outside Sukjeongmun such as Seonjamdan , being used to pray for a rich silkworm harvest. It might be one of the reason that people referred Sukjeongmun to those sayings.

Sungkyunkwan Univ. 성균관대학교

The Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea 감사원

100m

Bukchon Hanok Village

between Palace of Gyeongbokgung and Changdeokgung, was residential area to royal family members as well as the families of high government officials in Joseon. In this area, different types of several hundred Korean traditional houses(hanok) clustered together, including Yun Posun's House in Anguk-dong, which was built towards the end of the Joseon. Most of the houses were built in the 1910s and 1920s or, in the case of the urban-style hanok, from the 1930s.

Guide to Circuit Path of the Wall

[ Walk along the Wall ] Baegak Gokseong Baegak Chotdaebawi Rock Sukjeongmun Gate Malbawi Information Center Scenic Views Waryong Park (1hour on foot) [ Recommended Walks 1 ] Anguk Station Exit 2 Bukchon Traditional Culture Center The Han Sang Soo Embroidery Museum Bukchon Museum Jeongdok Public Library Yun Posun's House in Anguk-dong National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Seoul Samcheong Park (1h 30 minutes on foot) [ Recommended Walks 2 ] Hangsung Univ. Station Exit 6 Seoul Myungsu School Seongbuk Friendship Place Samcheonggak Sukjeongmun Information Center Sukjeongmun Gate (40 minutes on foot)

북촌한옥마을 Choong Ang High School 중앙고등학교

Baegak Mounatain Trail

Bus Stop

Gilsangsa Temple 길상사

Subway

Baegak Mounatain Trail

Subway Exit

Line 1 City Hall Line 2 City Hall

Choi Sayoung’s House in Mapo 마포 최사영 고택

Wall Gate

Seongnagwon Garden 성락원

Entryway

Seongbuk-dong

Park Path

Royal Palace/ Jongmyo

Mt.

성북동

Scenic Views

Road

Green Belt

Other Areas

Official Residence of the Irish Ambassador 주한아일랜드 대사관저

Sangheo Lee Taejun’s House

Seoul Science High School~Hyehwamun Gate[600m, about 20 minutes]

상허 이태준 가옥

Manhae Han Yongun Simujang House 만해 한용운 심우장

Bukjeong Village

Yangssi Store 양씨가게앞

private art museum, dedicated to displaying old documents, paintings and calligraphic works collected by the famous Korean art collector Chun Hyungpil. The museum houses many first-class works of art and leading Korean cultural properties, including an original copy of Hunminjeongeum, The Proper Sounds for the Instruction of the People (Haerye Edition), and Celadon Prunus Vase with Inlaid Cloud and Crane Design.

[ Choi Sunu House in Seongbuk-dong ]

Choi Sunu (1916∼1984). When the house was in danger of being demolished, the National Trust of Korea came to the rescue, and the house earned the title “Citizens’ Cultural Heritage No. 1.” Built in the 1930s, it is a typical example of a middle-class family residence in Seoul.

[ Hyehwamun ] It is Dongbukmun(Northeast Gate), one of the four

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Kyungshin Middle School 경신중학교

Seongbuk-dong Urban Farm 성북동 도시텃밭

명륜동 Dusan Villa Hyehwa Elementary School 두산빌라 혜화 초등학교

Former Prime Minister Johan. M. Chang's House in Myeongnyun-dong

Hahn Moo Sook House 한무숙문학관

Samseongyo, Seongbuk Cultural Center 삼선교 성북문화원

Hyehwa-dong Hyehwa-dong Rotary 혜화동

Sungbosa Shrine 숭보사

Simujang, located under Bukjeong Village, was once the home of Han Yongun, a famous Korean Buddhist reformer and independence activist. It is said that he had the house built facing north because he didn’t want to see the Government-General of Korea Building, seat of the Japanese colonial administration. <Folklore Cultural Property No. 11> Lee Taejun (1904∼?), a Korean famous writer, lived in this house

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Myeongnyun Police Box 명륜파출소

for about ten years from 1933. He named the house Suyeonsanbang (“Writer’s House in the Mountains”). One of the auxiliary buildings is now used as a traditional teahouse.

혜화동로터리

Hyehwa-dong Community Service Center (Former Han Soje's House) 혜화동주민센터 Catholic Univ. of Korea (구 한소제 가옥) (Songsin Campus) Hyehwa-dong Rotary 가톨릭대학교 성신교정 혜화동로터리

Waryong Park ~ Seoul Science High School [600m , about 20 minutes] Seoul Munmyo Confucian Shrine and Sungkyunkwan 서울문묘 및 성균관

Old photo of Hyehwamun * National Museum of Korea Collection

Poem Korea Museum 현대시 박물관

auxiliary gates on the wall. It was originally called Honghwamun at the time of its construction in 1396, but was renamed as Hyehwamun in 1511. The gate tower was demolished in 1928, followed by Hongye(halfarched door) in 1938. However, Hyehwamun was reconstructed in its current location, a little further north from its original site, in 1994.

[ Sangheo Lee Taejun’s House ]

Hyehwamun Gate 혜화문

The Offucual Residence of the Seoul Mayors 구 서울시장공관

Sungkyunkwan Univ. 성균관대학교

길

Seongbuk-dong Community Service Center 성북동주민센터

Hyeseong Presbyterian Church 혜성교회

Myeongnyun-dong

[ Manhae Han Yongun Simujang House ]

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Seoul Global High School 서울국제고등학교

Waryong Park 와룡공원

<Registered Cultural

Property No. 268> This house was inhabited by the Korean art historian

성북동 최순우 가옥

Ammun (Secret Path) 암문

Get off at Palgakjeong

[ Kansong Art Museum ] Kansong Art Museum is Korea’s first

Hongik High School Attached to Hongik Univ. 홍익사대부속고등학교

Kyungshin High School 경신고등학교

북정마을

about 40 minutes

Duration

beyond the Ammun (Secret Path), which is located on the wall towards Seongbuk-dong, near Waryong Park. The village consists of a cluster of some 500 tiled-roofed houses built in the 1960-70s, and is a well-known shooting location for TV dramas and films set in 1960-70s Seoul.

성북구립미술관 Sungbuk Elementary School

1.2km

[ Bukjeong Village ] Picturesque Bukjeong Village spreads out

Seongbuk-gu Museum of Art

성북초등학교 Seonjamdan Altar Lee Jongseok’s Villa in Sungbuk Site in Seoul Kansong Art Museum Elementary School Seongbuk-dong 선잠단지 간송미술관 성북동 이종석 별장 성북초등학교 Choi Sunu House in Seongbuk-dong

Distance

Notice : Visitors are recommended to be silent for the residents of Bukjeong Village. Transportation : [Bukjeong Village / Waryong Park] Hangsung Univ. Station Exit 6 Seongbuk Town Bus No. 03 Pavilion 5 minutes on foot [Hyehwamun] Hangsung Univ. Station Exit 5 5 minutes on foot

Demolished & Secret Path Buried Section

City Wall

Link to the Mobile Application

Mountain

Section Waryong Park  Hyehwamun Gate

Interesting Facts about the Wall

[ Traces of Seoul City Wall ] Traces of the wall can be seen from the backstreet of Kyungshin High School to Hyehwamun. Some parts of the wall were used as the school fence (wall), or stone bolcks were taken from the wall to build the foundations for houses. Traces of the wall can be seen again in front of the Dusan Villa Building, and they extend for about 150m towards the Official Residence of the Seoul Mayors.

Guide to Circuit Path of the Wall

[ Walk along the Wall ] Waryong Park Ammun(Secret Path) Seoul Science High School Kyungshin High School Hyeseong Presbyterian Church Dusan Villa - The Official Residence of the Seoul Mayors Hyehwamun Gate (40 minutes on foot) [ Recommended Walks1 ] Waryong Park Ammun (Secret Path) Bukjeong Village Manhae Han Yongun Simujang House Seongbuk-gu Museum of Art Sangheo Lee Taejun’s House Lee Jongseok’s Villa in Seongbuk -dong Kansong Art Museum Seonjamdan Altar Site in Seoul Choi Sunu House in Seongbuk-dong (1 hour on foot) [ Recommended Walks2 ] S eoul Science High School Former Prime Minister Johan. M. Chang's House in Myeongnyun-dong Hahn Moo Sook House Poem Korea Museum Museum of Korea Straw and Plant Handicraft Hyehwa-dong Rotary Hyehwamun (30 minutes on foot)

Museum of Korea Straw and Plant Handicraft

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Changdeokgung Palace 창 덕 궁

Chundangji Pond 춘당지

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Seoul Theater Center 서울연극센터

Ministry of Culture, Sports & Tourism 문화체육관광부

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짚풀생활사 박물관

Changgyeonggung Palace 창경궁

Hangnim Coffee Shop 학림다방

Sangmyung Art Hall 상명아트홀

Dongsung Art Center 동숭아트센터

Daehangno Musical Center 대학로 뮤지컬센터 Ilseok Memorial Hall 일석기념관 Daehangno Arts Theater 대학로 예술극장

Ihwa-dong 이화동

Dongsung-dong 동숭동

Seoul Science High School 서울과학고등학교

Naksan Heunginjimun Trail

Waryong Park 와룡공원

Myeongnyun-dong

Hyehwamun Gate 혜화문

26p

Link to the Home Page

Bus Stop

Subway

Subway Exit

Line 1 City Hall

The Official Residence of the Seoul Mayors 구 서울시장공관 Sungkyunkwan Univ. Former Prime Minister Hansung Univ. Hahn Moo Sook House 성균관대학교 Johan. M. Chang's House 한무숙문학관 Stairs Station in Myeongnyun-dong 계단 한성대입구역 명륜동 장면 가옥 Sungbosa Shrine 숭보사 Hyehwa-dong Community Poem Korea Museum Service Center 현대시박물관 (Former Han Soje's House) Catholic Univ. of Korea Seoul Munmyo Confucian (Songsin Campus) 혜화동주민센터 Shrine and Sungkyunkwan 가톨릭대학교 성신교정 (구 한소제 가옥) 서울문묘 및 성균관 Museum of Korea Straw and Sangmyung Art Hall Plant Handicraft 상명아트홀 骆山 박물관 짚풀생활사

명륜동

Line 2 City Hall

Wall Gate

Mountain

Scenic Views

Demolished & Secret Path Buried Section

City Wall

Entryway 삼선1동Park Path

Road

경로당 Royal Palace/ Jongmyo

Mt.

Green Belt

Other Areas

区段

Chang

Samseon Sangsang Daehangno Musical Daemyeong Street Ilseok Memorial Hall Children's Park Center 대명거리 일석기념관 삼선 상상어린이공원 대학로뮤지컬센터 Ministry of Culture, Sports & Tourism Naksan Observation Plaza 3 Jangsu Village Hansung Univ. 문화체육관광부 낙산 제3전망광장 한성대학교 장수마을 Jajidongcheon Well Changdeokgung Palace Chundangji Pond Naksan Observation Plaza 2 Hyehwa Station 춘당지 Biudang House 창 덕 궁 낙산 제2전망광장 혜화역 Naksan Park Cultural Plaza 자지동천 Naksan Observation Plaza 1 비우당 낙산공원 놀이마당 Naksan Park 낙산 제1전망광장 낙산공원 Seoul National Univ. Hospital 28p Marronnier Park Lock Museum DIY Workshop Hongdeogibat 서울대학교병원 마로니에공원 쇳대박물관 in Jangsu Village Field Daehan Medical Center 장수마을 공방작업장 홍덕이밭 Main building of the (Seoul National Univ. Former National Hospital Institute) Industrial Institute Changgyeonggung Palace 대한의원(서울대학교병원 낙산 Naksanjeong 구 공업전습소본관 창경궁 부설 병원연구소) (124m) Pavilion 낙산정 Site of Gyeongmogung Shrine Korea National Open Univ. Yulg Ihwajang ok경모궁 터 한국방송통신대학교 ro House 율 이화장 곡 Sewing Village in 로 Ihwa Village Changsin-dong 이화마을 (Site of Quarry) 창신동 봉제마을(채석장 터)

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Naksan Mt.

창경궁로

Jongmyo Shrine 종 묘

Tapgol Park 탑골공원

Samil-daero 삼 일대로

Myeong-dong

종로5가역

Sewoon Shopping Mall Jongno 3(sam)ga Station 세운상가 종로3가역

Dongdaemun Station 동대문역

Pyounghwa Market 평화시장 Bangsan Market 방산시장

2 3

2 5

광희동

Myeongdong Station 명동역

3 4 Chungmuro Station 충무로역

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course is relatively easy due to its gentle slope. Alert visitors will notice the different shapes of the stones depending on the time of construction of the wall, as they walk along the path behind the Catholic Univ. of Korea. Opening hours : 24 hours Notice : Visitors are recommended to be silent for the residents of Bukjeong Village.

Dongdaemun History & Culture Park (Site of Old Dongdaemun Stadium) 동대문역사문화공원 (옛 동대문운동장 터)

Dongdaemun History Museum 1398 동대문역사관 1398 Hanyang Technical High School 한양공업고등학교

Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station 동대문역사문화공원역

Gwanghuimun Gate

광희문

Gwanghuimun Church 광희문교회 Baekgu Computer Cleaning 백구 컴퓨터 크리닝

Jangchung-dong 장충동

남산골 한옥마을 Seoul 600 Years Time Capsule 서울 정도 600년 타임캡슐

Doosan Tower 두산타워

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Namsangol Hanok Village

Soongeui Women's College 숭의여자대학교

This hiking trail runs from Hyehwamun to Heunginjimun, passing via Naksan (124m), the lowest mountain of Seoul’s four inner mountains. Naksan is also known as Naktasan (“Camel Mountain”) or Tarak, due to its resemblance to a camel’s humps. This

1 4

2 4 5

Gwanghui-dong

필동

about 1 hour

흥인지문

Dongdaemun Design Plaza(DDP) 동대문디자인 플라자

Euljiro 4(sa)ga Station 을지로4가역

Myeongdong Cathedral 명동 대성당

Pil-dong

Duration

Heunginjimun Gate

National Medical Center Hullyeonwon Park 국립중앙의료원 훈련원공원

명동

Myeong-dong Jungang-ro 명동중앙로

1.8km

about 1 hour

Dongdaemun Market 동대문종합시장

Cheonggyecheon Stream 청계천

Euljiro 3(sam)ga Station 을지로3가역

Distance

Duration

이화동

Jong-ro 종 로Jongno 5(0)ga Station

Eulji-ro 을 지 로

Section Heunginjimun  Jangchung Gymnasium

2.1km

Changsin-dong

Seoul City Wall Museum (Seoul Design Support Center) 한양도성박물관 (서울디자인지원센터) Hyoje Elementary Dongdaemun School Seonggwak Park 효제초등학교 동대문성곽공원

30p

1 3 5

Heunginjimun Gate Trail

Distance

Ihwa-dong

D a e h a k - r o 대학로

Unhyeongung Palace 운현궁

Section Hyehwamun Gate  Heunginjimun

창신동

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Anguk Station 안국역

Naksan Mounatain Trail

Dongguk Univ. 동국대학교

Jangchung-dong Jokbal Alley 장충동 족발골목

Jangchung Gymnasium 장충체육관 Dongguk Univ. Station 동대입구역 Jangchungdan Park 장충단공원 Jangchungdanbi Monument 장충단비

Seokhojeong(Archery Range) 석호정

Supyogyo Bridge 수표교

Sindang-dong Catholic Church 천주교 신당동교회

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Gilsangsa Temple 길상사

Naksan Trail

Naksan Mountain Trail

Subway Exit

City Wall

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Mountain

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Samseongyo, Seongbuk Cultural Center

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Dusan Villa 두산빌라

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Royal Palace/ Jongmyo

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Green Belt

Other Areas

Hyehwa Station Exit 1

about 30 minutes

5 minutes on foot

천

Donam-dong 돈암동

[Jajidongcheon Well and Biudang House] Jajidongcheon (Purple Mushroom Village Well) is associated with Queen Song, the consort of King Danjong. After Danjong abdicated the throne, Song also became a commoner. She had to dye fabrics and sell them for a living. Whenever white fabric was washed using water from this well, its color automatically turned from white to purple. The phrase Jajidongcheon(紫芝洞泉) is engraved on the rock behind the well. To the rear of the Cheongryongsa Temple stands “Jeongeopwongubi,” a stele erected in 1771 during the reign of King Yeongjo. Jeongeopwon was the house where Song lived. Biudang, the house of Yi Su-gwang, a famous Joseon scholar, was restored in front of what is assumed to have been the site of Jajidongcheon. The site was originally inhabited by Yu Gwan, one of Yi’s fifth-generation ancestors on his mother’s side. Biudang means “A house is enough to take shelter from the rain.” Although Yu Gwan was an important minister, he had to put up an umbrella in the room whenever it rained, i.e. he lived in a very humble way.

Stairs 계단

Samseon-dong

혜화동로터리

Duration

Park, Jangsu Village originally formed as a shantytown after the Korean War, and was named Jangsu(longevity) Village as the majority of the population was over 60 years old. When the village was designated as a redevelopment area due to its narrow alleys and old buildings, the inhabitants managed to halt the redevelopment project, and a village regeneration project was carried out instead. Jangsu Village is considered a successful case of a village regeneration project being conducted with residents’ participation.

Hyehwamun Gate~Naksan Park Cultural Plaza[1.0km , about 30 minutes]

Hyehwa-dong Rotary

1.0km

[ Jangsu Village ] Situated next to the wall in the southeast of Naksan

Hyehwa-dong 혜화동

Distance

Notice : Please do not climb or lean on the wall for the protection. Transportation : [Entrance to Naksan] Hansung Univ. Station Exit 4 3 minutes on foot / [Top of Naksan Park] Hyehwa Station Exit 2 15 minutes on foot

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Scenic Views

Demolished & Secret Path Buried Section

Entryway

Samseongyo, Hansung Univ. 삼선교 성북문화원

The Official Residence of the Seoul Mayors 구 서울시장공관

Line 2 City Hall

Wall Gate

Seongbuk-dong

gb Seongbuk-dong Community Service Center 성북동 주민센터

Link to the Mobile Application

Hyeseong Presbyterian Church 혜성교회

Subway Line 1 City Hall

Samseon Middle School 삼선중학교

Kyungshin Middle School 경신중학교

Bus Stop

삼선동 Hyehwa-dong Community Service Center (Former Han Soje's House) 혜화동주민센터 (구 한소제 가옥)

Catholic Univ. of Korea (Songsin Campus) 가톨릭대학교 성신교정

Seongbuk-gu Community Information Center 성북구민 정보화센터

Hyehwa-dong Catholic Church 혜화동 성당 Hyehwa-dong Rotary 혜화동로터리

[ Naksan Park ] Naksan Park(Playground) is situated inside the wall, and

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can be reached from Jangsu Village via the Ammun (Secret Path). Naksan Park, which is also known as the Montmartre of Seoul, offers visitors great views of the city, including splendid views of the sunset and Seoul at night.

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Chang deokgung Palace

Dongsung-dong 동숭동 Dongsung Art Center 동숭아트센터

창덕궁

Hangnim Coffee Shop 학림다방

Station

Seoul Theater Center 서울연극센터

Hyehwa Line 4

Daemyeong Street 대명거리

Naksan Observation Plaza 3 낙산 제3전망광장

Sangmyung Art Hall

Daehangno Musical Ilseok Memorial Hall 일석기념관 Center 대학로 뮤지컬센터

Hansung Univ. 한성대학교 Jangsu Village 장수마을

Naksan Observation Plaza 1

Ammun (Secret Path) 암문

낙산 제1전망광장 Arko Arts Theater 아르코 예술극장

Gwangmyeong Garden Residence 광명가든 레지던스

Arko Art Center Seoul National Univ. Hospital 아르코 미술관 서울대학교병원 Marronnier Park 마로니에공원 Daehan Medical Center (Seoul National Univ. Hospital Institute) Former Administration Building 대한의원(서울대학교병원 of Seoul National Univ. 부설 병원연구소) 구 서울대학교본관 Lock Museum Site of Gyeongmogung 쇳대박물관 Shrine 경모궁 터 Korea National Open Univ. 한국방송통신대학교 Main building of the Former National Industrial Institute 구 공업전습소본관

Village Regeneration Project The Jangsu Village regeneration project was conducted to improve the residential environment by enhancing the characteristics and historical value of the village, unlike typical redevelopment projects in which entire communities are demolished to make way for high-rise apartments. Village regeneration projects are now under way at a number of communities, including Bukjeong, Jangsu, and Ihwa.

Samseon Sangsang Children's Park 삼선 상상어린이공원

Naksan Observation Plaza 2 낙산 제2전망광장

Daehangno Arts Theater 대학로 예술극장

Another Story about Jansu Village

Samgunbu Chongmudang 삼군부총무당

상명아트홀

Naksan Junction

Naksan Mt. 낙산

(124m)

Naksan Park Cultural Plaza 낙산공원 놀이마당

Central Plaza 중앙광장

Hongdeogibat Field 홍덕이밭 Naksanjeong Pavilion 낙산정

낙산삼거리

Jajidongcheon Well Biudang House 자지동천 비우당

DIY Workshop in Jangsu Village 장수마을 공방작업장

Interesting Facts about the Wall

[Belvedere of Seoul City Wall] The roof of the wall, roughly about the shoulder height of a man, is only visible from inside the wall. The hiking circuit path of the wall on the Naksan Trail is arranged outside the wall so that visitors can see the main structure of the wall (people can also go inside the wall through Ammun). In addition, visitors can observe the magnificent, solid structure of the wall at a glance, and compare the different techniques used to build the wall during the reigns of Sejong, Sukjong, and Sunjo.

Guide to Circuit Path of the Wall

[ Walk along the Wall ] Hyehwamun Gate Hansung Univ. Station Exit 4 Stairs Backstreet of Catholic University of Korea Jangsu Village Ammun (Secret Path) Naksan Park Cultural Plaza (30 minutes on foot) [ Recommended Walks ] Hyehwa Station Exit 1 Sangmyung Art Hall Daehangno Musical Center Ilseok Memorial Hall Naksan Observation Plaza 3 Naksan Observation Plaza 2 Naksan Observation Plaza 1 Naksan Park Cultural Plaza (30 minutes on foot)

75m

Samseon Sangsang Children's Park 삼선 상상어린이공원

Naksan Observation Plaza 2 낙산 제2전망광장

Naksan Trail

Gwangmyeong Garden Residence 광명가든 레지던스

Ammun(Secret Path) Hansung Univ. 암문 한성대학교

Naksan Junction

Cultural Plaza 낙산공원 놀이마당

낙산

Link to the Mobile Application

(124m)

Entryway

Daehak-ro

DIY Workshop in Jangsu Village 장수마을 공방작업장

중앙광장

마로니에공원

Lock Museum

Former Administration Building of Seoul National Univ.

쇳대박물관

City Wall

Mountain

Scenic Views

Park Path

Royal Palace/ Jongmyo

Mt.

Hongdeogibat Field

Green Belt

Road

Other Areas

Naksanjeong Pavilion

대 학 로

Main building of the Former National Industrial Institute

낙산정

Jajidongcheon Well Biudang House 자지동천 비우당

구 공업전습소본관

Ihwa Village 이화마을

Ihwajang House 이화장

Ihwa-dong

Duration

about 30 minutes

[ Ihwa Village ] Ihwa Village, just inside the wall on the Naksan Trail, was

[ Main building of the Former National Industrial Institute ]

established many years ago. It used to be regarded as an area that had fallen behind in Seoul, but since 2006, with the government’s support, artists have colorful murals on the walls of the buildings and installed sculptures here and there, giving the community a bright and cheerful atmosphere. From the end of the stairway at the top of Naksan, walkers can see the wall, which encloses Ihwa Village.

<Historic Site No. 279> This was called the Main building of the Former

National Industrial Institute, although it was actually the main building of the Experiment Center, which was constructed in 1912. It is currently being used as the History Archive Office of the Korea National Open University.

[ Ehwajang House ]

< Historic Site No. 497> Ehwajang was the private residence of Syngman Rhee, the first President of the Republic of Korea. He occupied the house upon his return to Korea from America until his presidential inauguration (1947~1948). The annex, called Jogakdang House, is where the President planed the composition of Korea’s first Cabinet. The building is now used as the Syngman Rhee Memorial Hall. However, it is undergoing maintenance works and reopen in 2015.

Ammun(Secret Path) 암문

Jongno Social Welfare Center 종로종합사회복지관

Cheongam Community Child Center 청암지역아동센터

Dongsunggyo Bridge 동숭교

1.1km

Transportation : [Top of Naksan Park] Dongdaemun Station Exit 5 Jongno Town Bus No. 03 Get off at Naksan Junction [Naksan Park / Ihwa Village] Hyehwa Station Exit 2 20 minutes on foot [Dongdaemun Seonggwak Park] Dongdaemun Station Exit 10 2 minutes on foot

Tongil Park 통일동산

Korea National Open Univ. 한국방송통신대학교

Distance

※ Guide Tip: The Seoul City Wall Exhibition Hall is located on Floors 1-3 of the Seoul Design Support Center, inside Dongdaemun Seonggwak Park.

홍덕이밭

구 서울대학교본관

Section Naksan Park Cultural Plaza  Heunginjimun Gate

Notice : Visitors are recommended to be silent for the residents of Ihwa Village.

Demolished & Secret Path Buried Section

낙산삼거리

Central Plaza

Marronnier Park

Naksan Mountain Trail

Subway Exit

Line 2 City Hall

Wall Gate

Naksan Mt. Naksan Park

동숭동

Subway Line 1 City Hall

장수마을

Naksan Observation Plaza 1 낙산 제1전망광장

Dongsung-dong

Bus Stop

Jangsu Village

Changsin-dong

이화동

창신동

Changgyeonggung Palace 창경궁

Sewing Village in Changsin-dong (Site of Quarry)

The Korea Museum of Modern Costume 한국현대의상박물관

창신동 봉제마을(채석장 터)

Chungsin-dong

Ammun(Secret Path) 암문

충신동 Yu lg ok

Hyoje Police Box 효제파출소

[ Marronier Park ] Marronier Park was established in the former location

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Changsin 2-dong Community Service Center 창신2동 주민센터

of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the College of Law of Seoul National University, which were moved to the Gwanak Campus in 1975. The park is named after the Marronier trees that line the streets of Daehak-ro. The red-brick building on the right-hand side of the park, built at the beginning of the 1930s, was used as the main building of Seoul National University. However, after the relocation of the University to the Gwanak Campus, the building became the government office of the Korean Culture & Arts Foundation.

율 곡 로

Jongno 6-ga Post Office 종로6가 우편취급국

Hyoje Elementary School 효제초등학교

Changsin Market 창신시장

Seoul Cith Wall Museum (Seoul Design Support Center) 한양도성박물관 (서울디자인지원센터)

종로6가

Dongdaemun Seonggwak Park 동대문성곽공원

Naksan Park Cultural Plaza ~ Dongdaemun Seonggwak Park [1.1km, about 30 minutes

Jonggak 종각

Jong-ro

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Do ngd aem

75m

Cheonggyecheon Stream

청 계 천 Jangchung-dong 장충동

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Interesting Facts about the Wall

Guide to Circuit Path of the Wall

[ Walk along the Wall] Naksan Park Cultural Plaza Ihwa Village Seoul City Wall Museum(Seoul Design Support Center) Dongdaemun Seonggwak Park Heunginjimun Gate (30 minutes on foot) [ Recommended Walks ] Hyehwa Station Exit 2 Marronier Park Former Administration Building of Seoul National Univ Main building of the Former National Industrial Institute Lock Museum Ehwajang House IIhwa Village Hongdeogibat Field Naksanjeong Pavilion Naksan Park Cultural Plaza (40 minutes on foot)

흥인지문

Dongdaemun Market 동대문종합시장

on 1 D ine

[ Real-name construction system and inscribed stone blocks ] Some of the stone blocks used to build the wall have characters inscribed in them. Such stones are most commonly found around the section of the wall next to Dongdaemun Seonggwak Park, where they were collected and put together during the wall maintenance project. In the reigns of Kings Taejo and Sejong, the stones were inscribed with the names of the county and prefecture responsible for constructing a given wall section, as well as the name of that section, while in the mid-Joseon, they were marked with the names of the supervisors and lead technicians, and the construction date. The inscribed stone blocks in the photo on the right can be seen outside the wall, at the end section of the Naksan Trail.

Heunginjimun Gate

the Joseon, retired court ladies lived in Changsin-dong outside the Naksan section of the wall. After 1960, the area became a center of the apparel industry as subcontractors who made clothing gathered from Dongdaemun Market. There is the steep rocky cliff (40m in height, 201m in width) in the town that was used as a quarry from the Daehan Empire to the Japanese Colonial Period. Now, the area is packed with houses, even on the cliff.

Sinseol-dong 신설동

Jongno

[ Sewing Village in Changsin-dong(Site of Quarry) ] During

Pyounghwa Market 평화시장

Standard Chartered Bank Dongmun Market 스탠다드차타드은행 동문시장 Daeseong Pharmacy Dongdaemun Shoes Market 대성약국 동대문 신발종합상가 Site of Ogansumun Floodgate 오간수문 터 Shin Phyeong Hwa Fashion Town 신평화패션타운

Line 1

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Dong

Heunginjimun Gate

Heunginjimun Trail Jong-ro

로

종

Bus Stop

흥인지문

Subway

Subway Exit

Line 1 City Hall

Heunginjimun Gate Trail

Section Heunginjimun  Jangchung Gymnasium Distance

Line 2 City Hall

1.8km

Duration

about 1 hour

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Wall Gate

Mountain

Scenic Views

4 Do

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Link to the Mobile Application

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Dongdaemun Market 동대문종합시장

Cheonggyecheon Stream 청 계 천

Standard Chartered Bank 스탠다드차타드은행 Dongmun Market 동문시장 Daeseong Pharmacy Dongdaemun 대성약국 Shoes Market 동대문 신발종합상가 Site of

Doosan Tower 두산타워

Demolished & Secret Path Buried Section

Park Path

Road

[ Heunginjimun ]

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Igansumun Floodgate 이간수문

Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Information Center 동대문역사문화공원 종합안내센터

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National Medical Center 국립중앙의료원

apm Shopping Mall apm 쇼핑몰

Dongdaemun History & Culture Park (Site of Old Dongdaemun Stadium) 동대문역사문화공원(옛 동대문운동장 터)

장 충

Hullyeonwon Park 훈련원공원

Migliore 밀리오레

Notice : The path to Jangchung Gymnasium via Gwanghuimun Gate passes through a residential area, so please show consideration for the local residents. Transportation : [Heunginjimun] Dongdaemun Station Exit 6 or 7 1 minute on foot [Dongdaemun History & Culture Park] Dongdaemun Station Exit 7 10 minutes on foot / Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station Exit 2 2 minutes on foot [Jangchung Gymnasium] Dongguk Univ. Station Exit 5 2 minutes on foot

Royal Dongpyeonghwa GreenMarket Other Palace/ 동평화시장 Areas Jongmyo Belt

Maxtyle 맥스타일

75m

Entryway

Ogansumun Floodgate 오간수문 터 Shin Phyeong Hwa Fashion Town Mt. 신평화패션타운 Nam Pyung Hwa Market 남평화시장

Pyounghwa Market 평화시장

City Wall

< National Treasure No. 1> Heunginjimun is “East Gate” (Dongdaemun) of the wall. The current Heunginjimun was rebuilt in the sixth year of the reign of Emperor Gojong (1869). Regarding the topography of Seoul, the western part of the city is built on higher ground, while the eastern part is on low ground, so from a military perspective, Dongdaemun was the most vulnerable to attack. That is why the subsidiary wall were built outside Dongdaemun. In 1907, the walls on the right and left sides of the gate were demolished.

[ Dongdaemun Market ] Dongdaemun Market was originally opened in 1905 under the name of Gwangjang Market, as the first privately-run urban market in Korea. After the Korean War, the commercial zone of the market continued expanding eastward along Cheonggyecheon Stream. Nowadays, this large market zone has become a hub of the international apparel and fashion industry. Central Asia Town, located opposite the National Medical Center, is an immigrant community inhabited by people from Russia, Uzbekistan, and elsewhere. Many of the local store signs are written in Cyrillic letters.

단

Goodmorning City 굿모닝시티

Site of Hullyeonwon 훈련원 터

서울광장

Eulji

-ro 을 지로

동대문 관광안내소

Don

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Central Asia Town 중앙 아시아 타운

로

계 o 퇴

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Kyungdong Presbyterian Church 경동교회

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Ssangnim-dong

Jan

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쌍림동

광희문

J a n g 8-g chungd il an-r

Myeong-dong 명동

Seongdong Global Business High School 성동글로벌 경영고등학교

[ Gwanghuimun Gate ] Gwanghuimun is

Daeseung Bldg. 대승빌딩

[Dongdaemun History & Culture Park] The Dongdaemun History

Park

Seoul Metro Dongdaemun Annex Dong daem 서울메트로 동대문별관 un H istor Ramodo y&C Hanyang Technical ultur 라모도 e Pa High School rk 한양공업고등학교 Former Seo Gynecology Clinic 구 서산부인과병원

ure

Ssangnim Children's Park 쌍림어린이공원

ark

장충 단로

Gwanghuimun Church 광희문교회

백구 컴퓨터 크리닝 Seongbang Bldg. 성방빌딩

Jangchung-dong Residential Area 장충동 주택지역

신당동

ong

Heungin Elementary School 흥인초등학교

Line

Che

Sindang-dong

heo

SK Telecom Lab SK텔레콤 연구소

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Jangchung Elementary School 장충초등학교 Sindang-dong Catholic Church 천주교 신당동교회

Line 3 Dongguk Univ.

Dongguk Univ. 동국대학교

Hannam-dong 한남동

Samsung Life Insurance Bldg. 삼성생명빌딩 Jangchung Gymnasium 장충체육관

Another Story about Gwanghuimun Origin of Sindang-dong, a village outside Gwanghuimun Gwanghuimun was also known as Sigumun(“Gate of coffins”) because the bodies of the deceased were transported beyond the wall via this gate. Thus, people were reluctant to use the gate, although history tells of a king who did use it once. In 1636, during the invasion by the Manchus, King Injo escaped through here to Namhansanseong Fortress. The houses of shamans who gave comfort to the souls of the deceased were situated outside this gate, so the area was named Sindang(“Shaman House”)-ri. However, it was renamed Sindang(“New House”)-ri in 1894.

Heunginjimun Gate ~ Jangchung Gymnasium [1.8km , about 1 hour]

Interesting Facts about the Wall

[ Jangchung-dong Residential Area ] The wall disappears altogether in the residential area around Janchung-dong next to Gwanghuimun. In 1930, when the Oriental Development Company (established by Imperial Japan) developed this area for housing, some parts of this section of the wall were damaged. Years later, during the 1960s and ’70s, the construction of houses damaged the wall further.

Guide to Circuit Path of the Wall

[ Walks along the Wall] Heunginjimun Gate Site of Ogansumun Floodgate Igansumun Floodgate Dongdaemun History & Culture Park (Site of old Dongdaemun Stadium) Dongdaemun History Museum 1398 Gwanghuimun Gate Baekgu Computer Cleaning Sindang-dong Catholic Church Jangchung Gymnasium (1 hour on foot)

Line

Jangchung-dong Jokbal Alley 장충동족발골목

& Culture Park was built on a site previously occupied by a military camp and a gunpowder factory around the end of Joseon. In 1925, the Japanese built the modern Gyeongseong Stadium, which, after Korea’s liberation from Japan, was renamed Seoul Stadium. Then, after the 1988 Seoul Olympics (the 24th Olympic Games), it was modernized and renamed Dongdaemun Stadium. During the dismantling of the stadium in 2007, some parts of a section of the wall, a two-arched flood gate (to drain runoff from Namsan Mountain to outside the wall), battlements(projected part of the wall similar to fortress), and remains of old buildings were discovered at this site. The artifacts excavated from this site are on display at the Dongdaemun History Museum 1398 inside the Dongdaemun History & Culture Park.

located southeast of Seoul City Wall. Part of the gate was destroyed during the Japanese Colonial Period, and in the 1960’s, during a street expansion project, the remaining part was dismantled. Then, in 1975, the gate was rebuilt at the current location, some 15m south of its original position.

장충동

Sindang-dong Tteokbokki Town 신당동 떡볶이타운

Stairway 계단길 Baekgu Computer Cleaning

Dongho-r 20-gil

Jangchung-dong

Museum of Korean Literature 한국현대문학관

Floodgates (2 or 5-arch floodgate) were located between Heunginjimun and Gwanghuimun. As the ground level of this area was the lowest in Seoul, runoff from the four inner mountains flowed down outside the wall through these floodgates. Igansumun, which was unearthed around the spectators’ seating in Dongdaemun Stadium, has been almost entirely preserved in its original form, but there are no remaining traces of Ogansumun.

Chungmu Art Hall 충무아트홀

Gwanghuimun Gate

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Chungmuro

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Line 5 Dongdae mun H istory &

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Korea Industrial Complex Corp. 한국산업단지공단

Line 2

Lotte FITIN 롯데피트인

<Historic Site No. 461(Site of Ogansumun Floodgate)> Igansumun and site of Ogansumun

Plaza(DDP)

동대문디자인플라자

광희동

[ Site of Ogansumun and Igansumun Floodgate ]

동대문역사관 1398

Dongdaemun Tourist Information Center Dongdaemun Design

Gwanghui-dong

충무로

Dongdaemun History Museum 1398

로

Seoul Plaza

Cheonggu Elementary School 청구초등학교

Namsan Sungnyemun Trail

Namsan(Mongmyeoksan) Mountain Trail

Section Jangchung Gymnasium  Baekbeom Square

Sungnyemun Gate Trail

Section Baekbeom Square Site of Donuimun Gate

Link to the Home Page

Distance

4.2km

about 3 hours

Duration

1.8km

about 1 hours

Duration

This walking trail runs from the backstreets of Janchung Gymnasium to Namsan Park. In early Joseon, a national shrine and beacon platform were built near and at the top of Namsan (Mongmyeoksan, 270m). As Namsan was the center of the administrative district in Seoul, there is a stone marker inscribed with “the Central Point of Seoul” on the summit. In the 1920’s, most the wall in the area were demolished to build the Joseon Shinto Shrine by the Japanese; but due to the preservation and restoration Seoul History Museum 서울역사박물관

projects conducted since the 1970s and the Namsan recovering project carried out in the mid-1990s, most of the wall sections around 동대문 종합시장

Site of Donuimun Gate

Deoksoo Elementary School 덕수초등학교 Former Russian Legation 구 러시아공사관

il-

통

일

로

Seosomun History Park 서소문역사공원

The Korea Chamber of Commerce & Industry 대한상공회의소

Hoam Art Hall 호암아트홀

Chungmuro Station 충무로역

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다산 로 Yaksu Station 약수역 Bus Stop

Subway

Subway Exit

Line 1 City Hall

Jangchung Middle & High School 장충중ㆍ고등학교

Dasan-dong 다산동

Line 2 City Hall

Wall Gate

City Wall

Entryway

Mt.

Site of Namsomun Gate 남소문 터

an -r

로 동호

Namsan Ecological Conservation Area 남산생태보존구역

34p

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Wooden Stairway 나무계단길

남산(목멱산)

Banyan Tree Club & Spa Seoul 반얀트리클럽 &스파서울

로 National Theater of Korea 국립극장 Namsan J-Gran House Wedding & Party 남산 제이그랜하우스

Namsan Park Bus Stop 남산공원 정류장

Namsan (Mongmyeoksan) Mt. (270m)

3 6

단

Ammun (Secret Path) 암문

Namsan Palgakjeong Pavillion 남산 팔각정

Sindang-dong Catholic Church 천주교 신당동교회

Supyogyo Bridge 수표교 The Shilla Seoul 서울신라호텔

Seokhojeong (Archery Range) 석호정

N Seoul Tower N서울타워

200M

Jangchung Elementary School 장충초등학교

Jan

Dongguk Univ. 동국대학교

Dongguk Univ. Station 동대입구역 Jangchungdan Park 장충단공원 Jangchung Jangchungdanbi Monument Gymnasium 장충단비 장충체육관

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Seoul 600 Years Time Capsule 서울 정도 600년 타임캡슐

Site of Mongmyeoksan Beacon Mound 목멱산 봉수대 터

소월로

후암동

Jangchung-dong Residential Area 장충동 주택지역

Jangchung-dong Jokbal Alley 장충동족발골목

Huam-dong

Jangchung-dong 장충동

Waryong Tomb 와룡묘

ol-

한강대로 36p

로 퇴 계

Namsangol Hanok Village

Soongeui Women's College 숭의여자대학교

Sow

ero

38p

남산골 한옥마을

Patriot Ahn Jung-geun Memorial Hall 안중근 의사 기념관

ng-da

청파로

150m

ye-

Excavation Site of Hoehyeon, Jamdubong Photo Island Namsan 잠두봉 포토아일랜드 남산 회현자락 발굴현장

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Baekbeom Square 백범광장

Millennium Seoul Hilton 밀레니엄서울힐튼

Gwanghuimun Gate 광희문

필동 Namsan Drama Center 남산드라마센터

회현동

Air

Seoul Station 서울역

Pil-dong

소공로

Gye

재로

Cheongpa

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만리 -ro

한양공업 고등학교

3 4

Hoehyeon-dong SK Namsan Bldg. SK남산빌딩

Son Keechung Sports Park 손기정체육공원

동대문디자인 플라자

을지로4가역

Gwanghui-dong

Myeongdong Station 명동역

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Hoehyeon Station 회현역

숭례문

2 3

광희동

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훈련원 공원

2 5

을지로3가역

Myeong-dong Jungang-ro 명동중앙로

Sog

Sungnyemun Gate (Namdaemun)

을지로동

한양도성 전시관

의료원

Myeongdong Theater Myeongdong Cathedral 명동예술극장 명동 대성당

Shinsegae Department Store (HQ) 신세계백화점 본점

Namdaemun Market 남대문시장

Opening hours : Namsan – open 24/7 Sungnyemun - Open all year round (except Mondays), Opening hours: 09:00~18:00 국립중앙 Summer (June ~ Aug.) 09:00~18: 30 / Winter (Nov. ~ Feb.) 09:00~17:30

명동

남대 문로

소의문 터

Joongang Ilbo 중앙일보

Main building of Bank of Korea 한국은행본관

Eulji-ro 을 지 로

동대문 역사문화공원

두산타워

청계천

Myeong-dong

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Site of Souimun Gate

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배재학당동관 . 배재공원

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Midong Elementary School Sunhwa Bldg 미동초등학교 Anti-corruption & 순화빌딩 Civil Rights Commission 국민권익위원회

문로 서소

2 Euljiro 1(il)ga Station 을지로입구역

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Seoul Cathedral Anglican Changdeok Girls' Simpson Memorial Hall Church of Korea Middle School at Ewha Girls' High School대한성공회 서울주교좌성당 이화여고 심슨기념관 창덕여중 Seoul City Hall(New City Hall) Jeongdong Theater 서울시청(신청사) Ewha Girls' High School 정동극장 이화여고 Seoul Plaza Deoksugung Palace 梨花女子外国语高中 서울광장 덕 수 궁 Chungdong First 이화외고 Methodist Church Hwangudan Altar 정동교회 Seoul Museum of Art 환구단 City Hall Station Yu Gwansun 서울시립미술관 시청역 Memorial Hall East Building of Paichai School 유관순기념관 · Baejae Park

mdaem un

5 Seodaemun Station 서대문역

Cheonggye Plaza 청계광장

have been restored to their original appearance.

충 장

돈의문 터

종로3가역 Namsan

삼 일대 로

Gyeonggyojang House 경교장 Kangbuk Samsung Medical Center 강북삼성병원 4.19 Revolution Memorial Hall and Library 4.19 혁명 기념회관.도서관 Main Building of NH Bank 농협중앙회 본관

Samil-daero

Bosingak Belfry 보신각

Mountain

Scenic Views

Demolished & Secret Path Buried Section

Park Path

Royal Palace/ Jongmyo

Green Belt

Road

Other Areas

Line 3 Chungm

ng Line 4 Chu

Namsan Trail

muro

ye oeg

-ro

로 퇴 계 Daehak-ro

Dongdaemun Gate

대학로

동대문

Namsan(Mongmyeoksan) Mountain Trail

Jangchung-dong

Myeong-dong

장충동

명동

Jongienara Paper Art Museum 종이나라박물관

Line 3 Dongguk Univ. Link to the Mobile Application

Distance

2.6km

Duration

about 1h 30 minutes

Tip : Visitors are advised to check the event schedule of Namsangol Hanok Village, many interesting events are held there. Transportation : [Namsangol Hanok Village] Chungmuro Station Exit 4 1 minute on foot [Jangchungdan Park] Dongguk Univ. Station Exit 6 1 minute on foot [Jangchung Gymnasium] Dongguk Univ. Station Exit 5 2 minutes on foot

Jangchungdan Park

Namsangol Hanok Village

장충단공원

Jangchungdanbi Monument 장충단비

Seoul 600 Years Time Capsule

수표교

The Shilla Duty Free 신라면세점

l-dae

Supyogyo Bridge

서울 정도 600년 타입캡슐

Jangchung Gymnasium 장충체육관

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Sami

Dongguk Univ. 동국대학교

Jan

남산골 한옥마을

Seoul Youth Hostel 서울유스호스텔

Section Jangchung Gymnasium  Namsan Park Bus Stop

a n-r o

로

대로

단

삼일

장충

Seoul City Hall Namsan Building 서울특별시청 남산청사

[ Jangchungdanbi Monument ]

[ Namsangol Hanok Village ] Namsangol Hanok Village was opened

Jangchungdanbi was built in 1990 to hold a memorial service for the soldiers who were killed during the Incident of the Year Eulmi(1895). The following year, it became a national memorial to all the people who sacrificed their lives for the country. However, in 1907, the Japanese abolished the memorial service at Jangchungdan, and after the March First Independence Movement(1919), the area was transformed into a park.

as a park in 1998 after many of the hanok (traditional Korean houses) scattered around Seoul were dismantled and rebuilt in Namsangol. The park was established in 1989 by Seoul City Government after buying the site on which the headquarters of the military police was located in the Japanese Colonial Period, and where the Capital Defense Command building was situated after Korea’s liberation from Japan. The park, which was developed in a nature-friendly style, features a cluster of hanok built towards the end of Joseon, at the time of the enlightenment of Korea. In 1994, a time capsule was buried just south of the hanok to celebrate Seoul’s 600th anniversary as the capital of Korea; it will not be opened until 2394, the 1000th anniversary of Seoul’s designation as the capital.

The Shilla Seoul 서울신라호텔

Seokhojeong (Archery Range)

Namsan Tunnel 1 남산1호터널

석호정

Namsan Tunnel 2 남산2호터널

National Theater of Korea~Namsan Park Bus Stop[1.0km, about 45minutes] National Theater of Korea

Studio Byeol 별오름극장

Ammun (Secret Path) 암문

국립극장

Namsan Park

Jangchung Middle&High School 장충중고등학교

National Theater of Korea

남산공원

Main Hall Hae 해오름극장

[ Supyogyo Bridge ]

<Tangible Cultural Property No. 18> Supyogyo was originally built in 1420 under the name of Majeongyo. In 1441, when a water marker (supyo) was installed next to the bridge to measure the water level, it was renamed Supyogyo. In 1760, during the construction of the stream, four characters (庚辰地平) were inscribed on the bridge to mark its position as the basic level for maintenance of a river bed. In 1959, during the work to cover Cheonggyecheon Stream, the bridge was reconstructed inside Jangchungdan Park.

국립극장 남산 자유센터

Banyan Tree Club & Spa Seoul 반얀트리클럽 &스파서울

Tennis Court 테니스장

Site of Namsomun Gate 남소문 터

Scenic Views 우수조망명소 (성곽마루)

Wooden Stairway 나무계단길

o 다 산 로

Dasan-r

Namsan Ecological Conservation Area 남산생태보존구역

Jangchung Gymnasium~National Theater of Korea[1.6km, about 45minutes] Yongsan 용산

[ National Theater of Korea ] The National Theater of Korea, a venue

[ Seokhojeong Archery Range ] Seokhojeong, was established at the

for live performances and the arts, was built in Jangchung-dong, Seoul in 1973. It is also the place where Yuk Young-soo (the first lady of the former Korean president Park Chung-hee, was assassinated on South Korean Independence Day in 1974. The theater comprises of the Main Hall Hae, Dal (small hall), Studio Byeol, and Haneul Youth Theater (amphitheater) facilities.

foot of Namsan beyond Janchungdan Park during the reign of King Injo of Joseon. However, it was destroyed during the Korean War and was not rebuilt until 1970. The name Seokhojeong was retained, marking the site of Korea’s oldest archery range.

Interesting Facts about the Wall

Maebongsan Park 매봉산공원 Bus Stop

Subway

[ Central Point of Seoul ] Where is the central point of Seoul? The result of a GPS measurement confirmed that the geographical central point of Seoul is on the top of Namsan, where a stone marker bearing the inscription “Central Point of Seoul” was erected. [ Vestiges of the wall Built in King Taejo’s Reign ] Although the wall was first built over 600 years ago during the reign of King Taejo, most of the original sections have been preserved in their original form. In particular, the long section of wall built during the reign of king Taejo runs parallel to the wooden stairway, which itself runs along the eastern ridge of Namsan.

Subway Exit

Line 1 City Hall Line 2 City Hall

Wall Gate

Namsan Namsan Outdoor Gymnasium Botanical Garden

Namsan Tunnel 1

남산 전시관

Grand Hyatt Seoul

소

그랜드 하얏트서울

월

로 남산1호터널

Entryway

o l-r Yongsan International

So Philippine Embassy in Seoul 주한필리핀대사관

Scenic Views

Demolished & Secret Path Buried Section

남산 야생화공원

Namsan Exhibition Hall

125m

City Wall

Namsan Wild Flowers Park

남산야외식물원

School of Seoul 서울용산국제학교

Itaewon 이태원

Line 6 Hangangjin

Embassy of Denmark, Korea 주한덴마크대사관

남산체육관

Mountain

Mt.

Hannamdaegyo Bridge 한남대교

Park Path

Royal Palace/ Jongmyo

Green Belt

Road

Other Areas

Guide to Circuit Path of the Wall

[Walks along the Wall ] Jangchung Gymnasium Backstreet of Jangchung Gymnasium(Streets inside and outside the wall) Scenic Viewpoint(toward Yongsan-gu) Banyan Tree Club & Spa Seoul National Theater of Korea Wooden Stairway Namsan Park Bus Stop (1 hour and 30 minutes on foot) [ Recommended Walks 1 ] Chungmuro Station Exit 4 Namsangol Hanok Village Seoul 600 Years Time Capsule Namsan Park (1 hour on foot) [ Recommended Walks 2 ] Dongguk Univ. Station Exit 6 Jangchungdan Park Supyogyo Bridge Seokhojeong Archery Range National Theater of Korea Namsan Park (1 hour on foot) [ Recommended Walks 3 ] Hangangjin Station Exit 1 Namsan Wild Flowers Park Namsan Exhibition Hall Namsan Outdoor Botanical Garden Namsan Ecological Conservation Area Namsan Park (1 hour on foot)

Namsan Trail

Eulji-ro

Line 2 Euljiro 1(il)ga Station

Hwangudan Altar 환구단

emun

Sam

Sejo

-ro

명동 관광안내소

il-d 명동 대성당

세종

로 삼일 대

ero

[ N Seoul Tower ] The N Seoul Tower is an observation tower located

Myeongdong Cathedral

명 동

aer

남대문 로

Myeong-dong Myeong-dong Jungang-ro 명동중앙로

대로

한국은행 본관 Shinsegae Department Store(HQ) 신세계백화점 본점

숭례문 Namdaemun Market

남대문시장

퇴

계

ongdon Line 4 Mye

로

Namsangol Hanok Village 남산골 한옥마을

1.6km

Duration

about 1h 30 minutes

on the summit of Namsan. Rising 480m above sea level, the tower is inarguably Seoul’s most popular attraction, offering a 360° view of the city. The tower was originally built in 1969 for telecommunications and broadcasting, including television and radio, and has been open to the public since 1980. After extensive renovations in 2005, the Tower was reopened as a complex cultural space. Various stories about Seoul City Wall are displayed on the second floor of the Tower Observatory.

[ Site of Mongmyeoksan Beacon Mound ]

<Monument No. 13> Site of Mongmyeoksan Beacon Mound was the final destination for beacon signals sent from the border areas during Joseon. In the daytime, smoke was used to transmit messages, while at night a signal fire was lit. This beacon platform was built in 1423 and survived intact for over 450 years until 1895. The current mound was restored in 1993.

Seoul City Hall Namsan Building II 서울특별시청 남산 제2청사

Namsan Drama Center 남산 드라마센터

Danam Bldg. 단암빌딩

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Distance

Opening Hours : N Seoul Tower Observatory - Monday~Friday / Sunday 10:00~23:00 | Saturday 10:00~24:00 ※The second floor(T2) of the N Seoul Tower Observatory displays various stories about the Seoul City Wall. Opening Hours of Namsan Cable Car : 10a.m.~11p.m.(The cable car service may be opened one hour longer than the normal opening hours on Fridays, Saturdays, and days before National Holidays depending on the circumstances.) Transportation : [Namsan Park Bus Stop] Namsan Shuttle Bus No. 02, 03 or 05, Get off at Namsan Park [Namsan Public Library] Namsan Shuttle Bus No. 02, 03 or 05, Get off at Namsan Public Library [Baekbeom Square] Hoehyeon Station Exit 4 5 minutes on foot / Myeongdong Station Exit 3 10minutes on foot

Myeong-dong Tourist Information Center Myeongdong Theater

Main building of Bank of Korea

Sungnyemun Gate(Namdaemun)

Section Namsan Park Bus Stop  Baekbeom Square

명동예술극장

Chungjeongno 충정로

을 지 로

125m

Seoul Plaza 서울광장

ngda

C e 2

H ity

all

Namsan(Mongmyeoksan) Mountain Trail

Former U.S Cultural Center 구 미국문화원

Namd a

Line 1 City Hall

Link to the Mobile Application Seoul Museum of Art 서울시립미술관 Lin

Seoul City Hall (New City Hall) 서울시청(신청사)

Line1

Hoehyeon-dong 회현동

Seoul St ation Station

Soongeui Women's College 숭의여자대학교

Namsan Cable Car Station 남산 케이블카 승강장

SK Namsan Bldg. SK남산빌딩

[ Jamdubong Photo Island ] The western summit of Namsan called

Baekbeom Square 백범광장 Waryong Tomb 와룡묘

Millennium Seoul Hilton 밀레니엄 서울힐튼

[ Namsan Palgakjeong Pavillion and Site of Guksadang Shrine ]

Jamdubong Photo Island 잠두봉 포토아일랜드

Line4 Seoul

Patriot Ahn Jung-geun Memorial Hall 안중근 의사기념관

Namsan Cable Car Station 남산 케이블카 승강장

Station

Site of Mongmyeoksan Beacon Mound Namsan Park

Namsan Public Library 서울시립 남산도서관

Namsan Public Library

목멱산 봉수대 터 Excavation Site of Hoehyeon, 남산도서관 Namsan 남산 회현자락 발굴현장 Namsan Palgakjeong Pavillion 남산 팔각정 N Seoul Tower Huam Elementary School N서울타워 후암초등학교

Saekkum Children's Park 새꿈어린이공원

Huam Market 후암재래시장 Bus Stop

Subway

German Cultural Center 주한독일문화관

City Wall

Entryway

Mt.

Mountain

Subway Exit

(270m) Scenic Views

Demolished & Secret Path Buried Section

Park Path

Royal Palace/ Jongmyo

Green Belt

Namyeong-dong Community Service Center 남영동 주민센터

Interesting Facts about the Wall

남산(목멱산)

Line 2 City Hall

Wall Gate

남산공원

Namsan (Mongmyeoksan) Mt.

Line 1 City Hall

Road

Namsan Palgakjeong was built at Site of Guksadang of Joseon. In 1925, when the Japanese built the Shinto Shrine, Guksadang was moved to the foot of Inwangsan Mountain. During the First Republic of South Korea, the pavilion, which was modeled on Palgakjeong in Tapgol Park at this site, was named “Unamjeong” after the pen-name of the then President Syngman Rhee, but it was renamed Palgakjeong after the April 19 Revolution.

Namsan Park Bus Stop~Baekbeom Square[1.6km, about 1h 30 minutes]

Huam-dong Community Service Center 후암동 주민센터

Huam-dong

Guide to Circuit Path of the Wall

후암동

삼광 초등학교 Other Areas

So Yongsan High School 용산고등학교

Yongsan 소월 로

Jamdubong (“Silkworm Head Peak”) because of its shape. The observatory platform on Jamdubong commands a panoramic view of the city, which looks like a dense forest of buildings surrounded by the four inner mountains.

용산

[ Remains of the wall at the foot of Hoehyeon, Namsan ] The area around the Patriot Ahn Jung-geun Memorial Hall on Namsan was damaged during the construction of the Shinto in 1925. In 2013, when the Seoul Metropolitan Government implemented a project for the preservation and maintenance of Seoul City Wall, parts of the base of the wall were unearthed in good condition in this area. [ Why are there many statues of independence activists on Namsan? ] Many monuments to independence activists are positioned around Baekbeom Square on Namsan, where the Shinto was located during the Japanese Colonial Period. Thus, the dominant image of the area has been switched from a symbol of the Japanese occupation to one of the Korean Independence Movement.

[ Walks along the Wall ] Namsan Park Bus Stop N Seoul Tower Namsan Palgakjeong Pavillion Site of Mongmyeoksan Beacon Mound Namsan Cable Car Station Jamdubong Photo Island Excavation Site of Hoehyeon, Namsan Patriot Ahn Jung-geun Memorial Hall

Baekbeom Square (1 hour 30 minutes on foot)

[ Recommended Walks ] Myeongdong Station Exit 8 Myeong-dong Jungang-ro Myeongdong Theater Myeongdong Cathedral building of the Bank of Korea Namdaemun Market Baekbeom Square (1 hour on foot)

Main

Sejong Center for the Performing Arts 세종문화회관

Line 5 Gwanghwamun

Sungnyemun Trail

광화문광장

Gyeonghuigung Palace 경 희 궁

125m

Seoul History Museum 서울역사박물관

Link to the Mobile Application

새

문

안

Gwanghwamun Tourist Information Center 광화문 종합 관광안내소

Cheonggyecheon 청계천 Stream Cheonggye Plaza 청계광장

Deoksoo Elementary School 덕수초등학교

Former Russian Legation 구 러시아공사관 Kyunghyang Daily News 경향신문사 Jeong-dong Park 정동공원

Central Hall of the Salvation Army 구세군중앙회관

Former National Assembly 구 국회의사당

East Building of Paichai School · Baejae Park 배재학당동관 Dongyang Bldg.배재공원 동양빌딩 Jeongan Bldg. 정안빌딩

Lin

Cit e 2

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<Registered Cultural Property No. 3> The Simpson Memorial Hall, which was built in 1915,

Main building of Bank of Korea 한국은행 본관

Se oda em un

Lin e5

Jungnim-dong

Line 2 City Hall

Wall Gate

Mountain

Scenic Views

Line

Demolished & Secret Path Buried Section

Green Belt

Other Areas

Baekbeom Square~Site of Donui

-ro

퇴계

로

SK Namsan Bldg. Namdaemun Presbyterian Church SK남산빌딩 남대문교회

Royal Palace/ Jongmyo

Road

ye To e g

oul S tati

Son Keechung Sports Park Entryway Park Path 손기정체육공원

Former Seoul Railway Station(Culture Station Seoul 284) Seoul Station 구 서울역사 서 울 역 (문화역서울 284)

1Se

City Wall

mun Gate[1.8km, about 1 hour]

Line4

Seoul

E x p r e s s Tr

Airport Railro

Millennium Seoul Hilton 밀레니엄 서울힐튼

Huam-dong 후암동

was opened in January 1897 as the first permanent urban market in Korea. The Sangpyeongchang (responsible for regulating prices) was originally located here during the early Joseon, and with the enforcement of the Law of Uniform Land Tax in the 17th century, the Tribute Bureau was established here. Then, in 1894, when the decision was made to collect tax payments in money, and there was no longer any need to store rice tributes, this area of the Seonhyecheong Warehouse was given over to merchants for use as a market place.

Chungdong Church was established by an American missionary named Henry Appenzeller. Built between 1895 and 1897, this gothic-style redbrick structure was Korea’s first Methodist church, and served as a channel for the introduction of American culture and civilization to Korea during the period of enlightenment.

is currently used as the Ewha Museum. The Ewha Hakdang (original name of Ewha Girls' High School) was founded by American missionary Marry Scranton as Korea’s first educational establishment for girls or women. The school grounds house numerous monuments including the site of the well where Yu Gwansun (patriot killed in the March First Independence Movement in 1919) used to wash her clothes, a memorial stone for the “cradle of new education for Korean women,” the Yu Gwansun Statue, and a stone sign marking the site of the Sontak Hotel.

[ Former Russian Legation ]

<Historic Site No. 253> Former Russian Legation is a Renaissance-style building constructed in the 27th year of the reign of Emperor Gojong (1890). Gojong took refuge there for one year from February 1896 following the assassination of Queen Myeongseong by Japanese soldiers (Incident of the Year Eulmi, 1895). During the Korean War, all of the building was destroyed, except for the tower. It was rebuilt in 1973, and two more restoration projects were conducted in 2007 and 2010.

산육교 Ov er pa ss 남

New Seoul Accessary Shopping Center 뉴서울 액세서리부품상가

Subway Exit

Line 1 City Hall

de st ria n Na m sa n Pe

YTN Tower YTN타워

Yakhyun Catholic Church 약현성당

Subway

남대문시장 관광안내소 Danam Bldg. 단암빌딩

[ Namdaemun Market and Chilpae Market ] Namdaemun Market

[ Chungdong First Methodist Church ]

남대문시장

Namdaemun Market Tourist Information Center

Unam Bldg. 우남빌딩

중림동

Bus Stop

Namdaemun Market

아현동

Sungnyemun Gate(Namdaemun) 숭례문

로

Ahyeon-dong

SK Sunhwa Bldg. SK순화빌딩 ING Center ING센터 S1 Bldg 에스원빌딩 HSBC Bldg. Site of Chilpae Market HSBC빌딩 칠패시장 터 Site of Namji Pond 남지 터

Another Story about Souimun Souimun, the gate of fear! During Joseon, public executions were carried out in the large yard located outside Souimun. The gate was also called “the gate of martyrs” by foreigners, as many Catholics were martyred outside this gate. The Martyr Memorial Tower in Seosomun History Park is a monument to them.

통일

Seosomun History Park 서소문역사공원

Wall. It was originally built in 1396 as Sodeokmun, but was renamed Souimun in 1744. Funeral biers passed beyond the wall via this gate and Gwanghuimun. However, the gate was demolished in 1914, and only the stone marker with the name “Souimun” remains.

[ Simpson Memorial Hall at Ewha Girls' High School ]

Olive Tower 올리브타워 The Korea Chamber of Commerce & Industry 대한상공회의소

Hoam Art Hall 호암아트홀

[ Site of Souimun Gate ] Souimun is located southwest of Seoul City

Hwangudan Altar 환구단

gil-

Seos

- ro omun

about 1 hour

Namdaemun (South Gate), is the main gate of Seoul City Wall. Construction of the gate started in 1395 and ended in 1398, although it was rebuilt on two occasions in 1448 and 1479. Although the right and left sides of the wall were demolished in 1907, the gate itself remained as a cultural heritage. Sadly, in February 2008, the wooden structure on the second floor of the gate tower was burned down by fire, and was not fully restored until May 2013. In addition, an 83m-long section of wall connecting to both sides of Sungnyemun was restored at this time.

서울광장

종대 로

Site of Souimun Gate 소의문 터

To n

E Joo Bldg. 이주빌딩 Sunhwa Bldg. Fraser Place 순화빌딩 Anti-corruption & Civil 프레이저플레이스 Rights Commission 국민권익위원회 Joongang Ilbo 로 중앙일보 서소문

Seoul Plaza

Duration

[ Sungnyemun ] <National Treasure No. 1> Sungnyemun, also known as

정 동

Former U.S Cultural Center 구 미국문화원

1.8km

Transportation : [Jeongdong-gil]] City Hall Station Exit 10 5 min on foot [Deoksugung] City Hall Station Exit 2 1 minute on foot [Sungnyemun] 京義空港 Seoul Station Exit 4 5 minutes on foot [Namdaemun Market] Hoehyeon Station Exit 5 1 minute on foot ※The circuit path of the wall inside Ewha Girls' High School, which is marked with a dotted line, is only accessible on a program accompanied by an interpreter.

세

Midong Elementary School 미동초등학교

Seoul City Hall (New City Hall) 서울시청(신청사)

Distance

jo n g - d a e ro

Jeong-dong

National Police Agency 경찰청

Line 1 City Hall

US Embassy 미국대사관 Changdeok Yewon School Seoul Cathedral Anglican Girls' Middle School 예원학교 Church of Korea 창덕여중 대한성공회 서울주교좌성당 Ewha Girls' National Museum High School Simpson Memorial Hall at 이화여자고등학교 Ewha Girls' High School Jeongdong of Modern and Deoksugung Theater Contemporary Art, Palace 이화여고심슨기념관 Korea, 정동극장 덕수궁 Ewha Girls' Foreign Deoksugung Chungdong First Language High School 국립현대미술관 Methodist Church 이화여자외국어 덕수궁관 정동교회 고등학교 Vabien Officetel Sina Bldg. The Embassy of the 바비엥 오피스텔 Yu Gwansun Memorial Hall Russian Federation in S.Korea 신아빌딩 유관순기념관 주한러시아대사관 Seoul Museum of Art Former Supreme Court Building 서울시립미술관 구 대법원청사

Section Baekbeom Square  Site of Donuimun Gate

Opening Hours : Sungnyemun - Open all year round (but closed every Monday), Opening hours: 09:00~18:00 Summer (June ~ Aug.) 09:00~18: 30 / Winter (Nov. ~ Feb.) 09:00~17:30

로

Site of Donuimun Gate 돈의문 터

Gyeonggyojang House 경교장 Kangbuk Samsung Medical Center 강북삼성병원 4·19 Revolution Memorial Hall and Library 4 19 혁명 Munhwa Ilbo 기념회관.도서관 문화일보 Agricultural Museum of Korea 농업박물관 Main Building of NH Bank 농협중앙회 본관

Mt.

Sungnyemun Gate Trail

Gwanghwamun Square

Baekbeom Square 백범광장

Interesting Facts about the Wall

[ Traces of the Wall ] The vestiges of Seoul City Wall on the Sungnyemun Trail can only be seen in the street between The Korea Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the Olive Tower, and near the bottom part of the wall of Changdeok Girls' Middle School.

Guide to Circuit Path of the Wall

[ Walks along the Wall ] Baekbeom Square Namdaemun Market Sungnyemun Gate Site of Namji Pond The Korea Chamber of Commerce & Industry Site of Souimun Gate East Building of Paichai School · Baejae Park Chungdong First Methodist Church Ewha Girls' High School Site of Donuimun Gate (1 hour on foot) [ Recommended Walks ] City Hall Station Exit 5 Seoul Plaza Cheonggye Plaza Gwanghwamun Square Deoksugung Palace Seoul Museum of Art East Building of Paichai School · Baejae Park Jeongdong Theater Simpson Memorial Hall at Ewha Girls' High School Former Russian Legation Site of Donuimun Gate (40 minutes on foot)

Inwangsan Trail

Changuimun Gate 창의문

Inwangsan Mountain Trail

44p Changuimun Information Center

Baegangmaru 백악마루

창의문 안내소 Site of Prince Anpyeong Lee Yong’s House 안평대군 이용 집터

Baegak Mt.

one of the country’s principal mountains, Buddhism would flourish here. Access to the mountain was prohibited after a unit of the North Korean Special Forces infiltrated Seoul on 21 January 1968, and it was not reopened to the public until 1993.

150m

Gyeonggi Commercial High School 경기상업고등학교

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Kyungbock High School 경복고등학교

n-ro

자하문

Cheongun-dong 청운동

로

Inwangsan Peak 인왕산 정상

인왕산

Opening hours : 24 hours (Closed every Monday; and on Tuesdays when a national holiday falls on the preceding Monday.) Notice : As Inwangsan has many rocky sections, visitors take extra care, especially in winter.

Jah

Inwangsan Gichabawi Rock 인왕산 기차바위

Inwangsan Mt.

Haemaji Park 해맞이 동산

Suseongdong Valley of Inwangsan 인왕산 수성동 계곡 Inwangsan Park Inwangsan Beombawi 인왕산공원 Rock 인왕산 범바위

Yuksanggung Shrine 육상궁

Birthplace of King Sejong 세종대왕 나신 곳

(339m)

Cheongwadae Sarangchae 청와대 사랑채

Okin Apt. 옥인아파트

Tongin Market 통인시장 Inwangsan Mojabawi Rock 인왕산 모자바위

Paiwha Girls' High School 배화여자고등학교

Inwangsan Seonbawi Rock 선바위

Hwanghakjeong Pavilion) 황학정

무악동

Subway

Woram Neighborhood Park 월암근린공원

통 일

Demolished & Secret Path Buried Section

Hong Nanpa's House in Hongpa-dong 홍파동 홍난파 가옥

Scenic Views

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City Wall

Mountain

Wall Gate

Line 2 City Hall

로

Entryway

Park Path

사직동

Seoul Meteorological Observatory 서울기상 관측소 Gyeonghuigung Palace 경 희 궁

Road

Mt.

Green Belt

Other Areas

Gwanghwamun Gate 광화문

Gyeongbokgung Station 경복궁역

교남동 Methodist Theological Univ. 감리교신학대학교

Sejong Center for the Performing Arts 세종문화회관

Seoul History Museum 서울역사박물관

Saemunan-ro 새 문 안 로

Site of Donuimun Gate 돈의문 터

Gyonam-dong Royal Palace/ Jongmyo

Sajing-ro 사 직로 Historic Site of Hanseong Government 한성정부유적지

Convenience Store (Old Okgyeongi Supermarket) Daeshin High School Sungkok Art Museum 편의점(구 옥경이 식품) 대신고등학교 성곡미술관 Dilkusha(Tailor's House) 딜쿠샤(테일러 가옥)

Subway Exit

Dongnimmun 독립문

Line 1 City Hall

Daelim Museum 대림미술관

Sajik-dong

Ammun (Secret Path) 암문

Bus Stop

경복궁 서측 한옥마을

Sajik Neighborhood Park 사직근린공원

Muak-dong

42p

Gyeongbokgung Palace 경복궁

Hanok Village to the West of Gyeongbokgung Palace

Site of Baeksa Hangbok Lee’s House (Pirundae Pavillion) 백사 이항복 집터(필운대)

Guksadang Shrine of Inwangsan 인왕산 국사당

국립민속 박물관

Hyoja-ro 효 자 로

Shin Ik Hi’s House in Hyoja-dong 효자동 신익희 가옥

Park Nosu's House (Jongno Park No-soo Art Museum) 박노수 가옥 (종로구립 박노수미술관)

Inwangsan Gokseong 인왕산 곡성

Seodaemun Prison History Hall 서대문형무소역사관 Dongnimmun Station 독립문역

2 hours 30 minutes

a Buddhist term, and it is said that a Korean Buddhist monk named Muhak (1327~1405) once declared that if Inwangsan ever became

Seosijeong Pavilion 서시정

Bangye Yun Eungryeol's Villa 반계 윤웅렬 별장

Duration

including Chimabawi(Rock of women’s skirt), Seonbawi(Rock of meditating monk), and Gichabawi(Rock of train). The name “Inwang” is

Yun Dong-ju Hill 윤동주시인의 언덕

Buam Mineral Spring 부암약수터

4km

the right of Seoul’s four inner mountains. Inwangsan is also known as a rocky mountain characterized by unusual rock formations

(342m)

Distance

This walking course runs from Site of Donuimun to the Yun Dong-ju Hill, via Inwangsan (339m), which is situated to

백악(북악산) Link to the Home Page

Section Site of Donuimun Gate  Changuimun Gate

Gyeonggyojang House 경교장 Kangbuk Samsung Medical Center 강북삼성병원

Deoksoo Elementary School 덕수초등학교

Inwangsan Trail

Inwangsan Mountain Trail

Suseongdong Valley of Inwangsan

Haemaji Park 해맞이 동산

인왕산 수성동 계곡

Singyo-dong

Okin Apt.

신교동

옥인아파트

Inwangsan Inwangsan Park 인왕산공원 Beombawi Rock

100m

Transportation : [Site of Donuimun]

2km

Duration

about 1 hour

Seodaemun Station Exit 4 2 minutes on foot / Jongno Town Bus No. 05 Kangbuk Samsung Medical Center 1 minute on foot [Gyeonghuigung] Gwanghwamun Station Exit 1 5 minutes on foot [Sajikdan] Gyeongbokgung Station Exit 1 5 minutes on foot [Guksadang of Inwangsan] Dongnimmun Station Exit 2 20 minutes on foot

박노수 가옥 (종로구립 박노수미술관)

Inwangsan Gokseong 인왕산 곡성

Distance

Guide Tip : T he Sajik Daeje (National Rite to Gods of the Earth and Grains; Important Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 111) is held at Sajikdan Altar by the Corporate Mutual Association of the Jeonju Lee Clan on the third Sunday of every September.

Park Nosu's House (Jongno Park No-soo Art Museum)

인왕산 범바위 Link to the Mobile Application

Section Site of Donuimun Gate  Inwangsan Gokseong

Hanok Village to the West of Gyeongbokgung Palace

Get off at the

경복궁 서측 한옥마을

Tongin-dong

Inwangsan Mojabawi Rock

통인동

인왕산 모자바위

Inwangsan Seonbawi Rock

Paiwha Girls' High School 배화여자고등학교

인왕산 선바위

Guksadang Shrine of Inwangsan

Site of Baeksa Hangbok Lee’s House (Pirundae Pavillion)

인왕산 국사당

Hong Geon-ik's House in Pirun-dong 필운동 홍건익 가옥

백사 이항복 집터(필운대)

Hwanghakjeong Pavilion 황학정

Sajik Neighborhood Park

Muak-dong Community Service Center 무악동 주민센터

Ammun(Secret Path) 암문

Lin

무악동

No. 90> This house was inhabited by Nan Pa Hong Yeong-hu (1898~1941),

Folklore Cultural Heritage No. 28> Guksadang was initially built at the summit of 경복궁

Sajik-dong 사직동

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Sungkok Art Museum 성곡미술관

Dilkusha (Tailor's House)

[ Gyeonggyojang House ] <Historic Site No. 465> Gyeonggyojang served as the office of the Korean provisional government from 1945 to 1946, and was also the home of Kim Gu, the head of the provisional government from 1945 to 1949, the year he was assassinated there. It later served as the residence of the ambassador of the Republic of China, the residence of the Vietnamese ambassador, and then as a hospital, among other functions. In March 2013, Gyeonggyojang was restored as the home of Kim Gu and opened to the public.

딜쿠샤(테일러 가옥)

Sajing-ro

Dongnimmun 독립문

Cheonyeon-dong 천연동

Hong Nanpa's House in Hongpa-dong 홍파동 홍난파 가옥

Scenic Views

Seoul History Museum 서울역사박물관 Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education 서울특별시교육청

Kangbuk Samsung Medical Center 강북삼성병원 n

Methodist Theological Univ. 감리교 신학대학교

ae mu

Other Areas

Site of Donuimun Gate~Inwangsan Gokseong[2km, about 1 hour]

eo d

Green Belt

Gyeonggyojang House 경교장

Royal Palace/ Jongmyo

Road

Lin e

Mt.

Park Path

Dongmyung Girls' Middle School 동명여자중학교

Many urban-style hanok built during the Japanese Colonial Period have been preserved in this community between Inwangsan and Gyeongbokgung. The village, known as Sangchon or Udae in late Joseon, was home to many lowlevel officials because it was close to the palace and government offices. Towards the end of Joseon, the village found itself at the center of the Yeohang (i.e. classes below the elite) literature, as non-yangban(non-ruling caste) intellectuals organized their poetry club here. Since the modern period, prominent figures like poets Yi Sang and Yun Dong-ju, and the artists No Cheon-myeong, Yi Jung-seop, Cheon Gyeong-ja, and Lee Sang-beom, have lived and worked here.

Interesting Facts about the Wall

[ Traces of Seoul City Wall ] During the construction of Woram Neighborhood Park, some parts of the wall were unearthed from below the embankment of the wall of Seoul Welfare Foundation building (former offices of the Korea Meteorological Services). Further traces of the wall can be seen behind the parking lot of the town houses around Hong Nan-pa's House in Hongpa-dong.

Guide to Circuit Path of the Wall

[ Walks along the Wall ] Site of Donuimun Gate Gyeonggyojang House Woram Neighborhood Park Hong Nan-pa's House in Hongpa-dong Convenience Store(Former Okgyeonyi Supermarket) Ammun(Secret Path) Inwangsan Gokseong (1 hour on foot) [ Recommended Walks in Section 1 ] Seodaemun Station Exit 4 Site of Donuimun Seoul Museum of History Gyeonghuigung Palace Sajik Neighborhood Park Site of Baeksa Hangbok Lee’s House(Pirundae Pavillion) Hwanghakjeong pavilion Guksadang Shrine of Inwangsan (1 hour on foot) [ Recommended Walks in Section 2 ] Gyeongbokgung Station Exit 2 Hanok Village to the West of Gyeongbokgung Park Nosu's House (Jongno Park No-soo Art Museum) Suseongdong Valley of Inwangsan Inwangsan Park Inwangsan Beombawi Rock (1 hour on foot)

Site of Donuimun Gate 돈의문 터

로

Entryway

Demolished & Secret Path Buried Section

[Hanok village (Sangchon or Udae), west of Gyeongbokgung Palace]

경 희 궁

일

City Wall

Namsan Mountain during the reign of King Taejo of Joseon, but was dismantled and restored at its present location on the western ridge of Inwangsan at the order of the Japanese Imperial government, which built the Shinto Shrine on the site. Seonbawi, above Guksadang, is said to resemble a monk absorbed in Zen meditation. There is a saying that Jeong DoJeon, an influential aristocrat and politician in early Joseon who was opposed to Buddhism, modified the boundary of Seoul City Wall in order to place this rock beyond the wall.

Gyeonghuigung Palace

통

Mountain

Wall Gate

교남동

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Line 2 City Hall

Seoul Meteorological Observatory 서울기상 관측소

Gyonam-dong il

Subway Exit

Woram Neighborhood Park 월암근린공원

Gyonam Police Box 교남파출소

Subway Line 1 City Hall

western-style building built and inhabited from 1923-42 by Albert Taylor, a gold mine engineer and United Press International correspondent in Seoul. Located next to the house is a 450-year-old gingko tree, which is said to have been brought from the home of General Gwon Yul(1537-1599), the Joseon general who led the Korean forces to victory against Japan at the battle of Haengju Fortress(1592). The name of Haengchon-dong originated from this story.

사 직 로

Bus Stop

Yeongcheon Market 영천시장

[Dilkusha (Tailor’s House)] Dilkusha (“Palace of Hope” in Hindi) is a

Site of General Gwon Yul's House 권율 도원수 집터

Gyonam-dong Community Service Center 교남동 주민센터

the composer of such well-known songs as Bongseonhwa (a Balsam), and Hometown’s Spring. He composed most of his best-known pieces here. This Western-style building from the 1930s has been preserved well.

[ Guksadang Shrine of Inwangsan and Seonbawi Rock ] <Important

Gyeongbokgung Palace

Convenience Store (Old Okgyeongi Supermarket) 편의점(구 옥경이 식품)

Daeshin High School 대신고등학교

[ Hong Nanpa's House in Hongpa-dong ]<Registered as Cultural Property

(West Gate), used to be located at this site. It was originally built during the reign of King Taejo of Joseon(1396), but it was closed in the 13th year of the reign of King Taejong(1413), and Seojeonmun was built for public access to the west of the wall. However, the exact original location of Seojeonmun is unknown. In the 4th year of the reign of King Sejong(1422), during construction work to reduce the size of certain sections of the wall, Seojeonmun was closed and Donuimun was newly built at the current location. Since then, Donuimun has also been called Saemun or Sinmun (New Gate), while the nearby street was named Sinmunno after the gate. However, in 1915, during the Japanese occupation, when the streetcar service passed via the gate, the gate was dismantled and its building materials sold off. Currently, a public art work titled “Invisible Gate” stands on the former Site of Donuimun.

Sajik-dong Community Service Center 사직동 주민센터

Gwanghwamun Art Hall 광화문 아트홀

Dongnimmun Elementary School 독립문 초등학교

Dongnim Park 독립공원

사직근린공원 Sajikdan Altar 사직단

Scenic Views 우수조망명소

Muak-dong Seodaemun Prison History Hall 서대문형무소 역사관

Maedong Elementary School 매동초등학교

[ Site of Donuimun Gate ] Donuimun, which is also called Seodaemun

Segeomjeong Junction 세검정 삼거리

Sangmyung Univ. 상명대학교

Inwangsan Trail

Bus Stop

Hongje-dong 홍제동

Jah am un -ro

Hongjimun Gate and Tangchundaeseong Fortress

Link to the Mobile Application

Wall Gate

자

b ae

하

문

로

Mountain

Entryway

Park Path

Buam-dong

Seonbeopsa Temple 선법사

Haeamsa Temple 해암사

Mt.

부 암동 Royal

Palace/ Jongmyo

Green Belt

Road

Other Areas

Seokpajeong Pavillion(Seoul Museum) 석파정(서울미술관)

125m

Whanki Museum 환기미술관

Changuimun Gate 창의문

YooGeum Museum 유금와당박물관 Seongbulsa Temple 성불사

Yongcheonsaem Well Site 용천샘터

Inwang Middle School 인왕중학교

Jahamun Tunnel Buam-dong Community 자하문 터널 Service Center 부암동 주민센터

Site of Prince Anpyeong Lee Yong’s House 안평대군 이용 집터 의미역 Yun Dong-ju Hill 윤동주 시인의 언덕 Inwangsan Guard Post 인왕산 지킴이초소

Buam Mineral Spring 부암약수터

Inwangsan Mountain Trail

Scenic Views

Demolished & Secret Path Buried Section

City Wall

Beomnyunsa Temple 법륜사

way 내 부 순 환 로 Ring

Subway Exit

Line 2 City Hall

홍지문 및 탕춘대성 Okcheonam Temple 옥천암

Subway Line 1 City Hall

Bangye Yun Eungryeol's Villa

Seosijeong Pavilion

반계 윤웅렬 별장

서시정

Section Inwangsan Gokseong  Changuimun Gate Distance

2km

Duration

about 1 hour and 30 minutes

Opening Hours : Inwangsan Mountain – 24 hours open(Closed every Monday. If a national holiday falls on a Monday, it will be closed on the Tuesday.) Yun Dong-ju Literary Museum – Summer(March ~ Oct.) 10:00~18:00 / Winter(Nov. ~ Feb.) 10:00~17:00 (Closed every Monday, and during the Chuseok(Harvest Moon) and Seollal(Lunar New Year) holidays

Transportation : [Inwangsan(toward Beombawi Rock)] Muakjae Station Exit 2 30 minutes on foot [Inwangsan (toward the top)] Gyeongbokgung Station Exit 3 Jongno Town Bus No. 09 Get off at Ogin Apartment 30 minutes on foot [Inwangsan (toward Gichabawi Rock)] Hongje Station Exit 2 Jongno Town Bus No. 07 Get off at Ant Village 15 minutes on foot [Yun Dong-ju’s Hill] Gyeongbokgung Station Exit 3 Green Bus No. 7212 or 1020 or 7022 Get off at Jahamungogae 2 minutes on foot

[ Suseongdong Valley of Inwangsan ] <Monument No. 31> Suseongdong Valley on Inwangsan is the source of a tributary of Cheonggyecheon Stream. Because of the beautiful sound of water running between rocks, the valley was named Suseongdong. Suseongdong Valley was a center of literary activity in late Joseon: Jeong Seon (1676-1759), a famous painter of the period, painted the landscape of the valley and various poetry clubs, including the Songseogwon Poetry Society, organized by non-yangban writers, held regular meetings there. However, in 1971, during the construction of the Okin Sibeom Apartment, the local topography and landscape were seriously damaged, and it was not until 2010 that the Seoul Metropolitan Government demolished the apartment and restored the area virtually to its original appearance.

[ Park Nosu's House and Art Museum ]

[ Yun Dong-ju Hill and Literary Museum ] This area was established as a park around Changuimun, near the western slopes of Inwangsan, to commemorate the literary spirit of Yun Dong-ju, a famous poet known for his lyric poetry and resistance poetry against Japan, as he lived near this hill during his time at Yeonhui Vocational School. A large stone inscribed with his most famous poem, Seosi, is located at the top of the hill, near the Yun Dong-ju Literary Museum.

This two-story brick house was built by Yoon Deok-yeong (1873-1940, an uncle-in-law of Emperor Sunjong) for his daughter in 1938. It was inhabited by the painter Park Nosu from 1972, and was transformed into the Jongno Park No-soo Art Museum in 2011, after being donated to Jongno-gu Office along with some 1,000 of Park’s paintings.

Cheongun Park 청운공원

[ Hongjimun Gate and Tangchundaeseong Fortress Wall ]

Inwangsan Gichabawi Rock

<Tangible Cultural Property No. 33> Tangchundaeseong was built in 1719 to

인왕산 기차바위

Seokguram Grotto of Inwangsan 인왕산 석굴암 Hongje 2-dong Community Service Center 홍제2동 주민센터

Cheongun-dong 청운동

Inwangsan Peak 인왕산 정상

Hongin Mineral Spring 홍인약수터

Interesting Facts about the Wall

Inwangsan Mt. 인왕산

(339m) 3 Line

Suseongdong Valley of Inwangsan 인왕산 수성동 계곡

Haemaji Park 해맞이 동산

Okin Apt.

kjae Mua

옥인아파트

Inwangsan Park 인왕산 공원

Inwangsan Beombawi Rock 인왕산 범바위 Inwangsan Gokseong 인왕산 곡성

To ng

박노수 가옥 (종로구립 박노수미술관)

ilro 통 일 로

Ansan Elementary School 안산초등학교

인왕산 모자바위

Inwangsan Seonbawi Rock 인왕산 선바위

[ Suseongdong Valley in Gyeomjae Jeong Seon’s Paintingl ] A landscape of Suseongdong Valley, is part of the Album of the Eight Great Views of Baegak Mountain and Inwangsan by Jeong Seon (pen-name: Gyeomjae). Suseongdong was restored more or less to its original surroundings based on this painting. The Girin Bridge depicted in the painting is the only stone bridge to have been preserved in its initial form at its original location on the wall. [ The Wall Section Showing Different Building Techniques ] On the Inwangsan trail is a place where it is possible to see the different techniques used in different periods to build the wall. The long section at the crossroads by Tangchundaeseong, passing via Chimabawi Rock from the top of Inwangsan, was built with various stone block types at different times, along with the street next to outside the wall.

Park Nosu's House (Jongno Park No-soo Art Museum)

Inwangsan Gokseong~Changuimun Gate[2km, about 1h 30 minutes]

Inwangsan Mojabawi Rock

connect Seoul City Wall with Bukhansanseong Fortress. As such, this section of the wall runs from Inwangsan to below Bibong (peak) of Bukhansan Mountain in a straight line. Hongjimun, built in 1715, was connected to Tangchundaeseong. Ogansumun Floodgate was also installed next to the gate.

Nusang-dong 누상동

Guide to Circuit Path of the Wall

[ Walks along the Wall ] I nwangsan Gokseong Inwangsan Beombawi Rock Top of Inwangsan Inwangsan Gichabawi Rock Yun Dong-ju Hill Changuimun Gate (1 hour 30 minutes on foot) [ Recommended Walks] Muakjae Station Exit 2 Inwangsan Beombawi Rock Summit of Inwangsan Inwangsan Gichabawi Rock Buam Mineral Spring Bangye Yun Eungryeol's Villa Site of Prince Anpyeong Lee Yong’s House Changuimun Gate (1 hour 30 minutes on foot)

44 Paiwha Girls' High School 배화여자고등학교

Seoul City Wall in Old Paintings and Photos

Seoul City Wall in Old Paintings

Seoul City Wall in Old Photos

*Clearing after the Rain on Inwangsan Mountain [1751 | painted by Jeong Seon | Leeum Samsung Museum of Art Collection]

*Restored plaque / signboard of Sungnyemun (May 2013)

*The Current Appearance of Inwangsan

Jeong Seon, a master of â&#x20AC;&#x153;true-viewâ&#x20AC;? landscape painting lived at the foot of Inwangsan, where Kyungbock High School is now located, and he produced many landscapes of the mountain. In his 1751work titled Inwangjesaekdo (the picturesque view of Inwangsan after the rain) , he depicted the section of Seoul City Wall running along the ridge of Inwangsan.

*Changuimun Gate, Album of the Eight Great Views of Baegaksan Mountain and Inwangsan [Year : unknown | by Jeong Seon | National Museum of Korea Collection]

*The Current Appearance of Changuimun

Changuimun is part of the Album of the Eight Great Views of Baegaksan and Inwangsan by Jeong Seon. The painting depicts the gate as seen from inside the wall. Inwangsan is situated to the left of Changuimun, while Baegak is on its right. The wall extends from both sides of Changuimun along the ridge of the mountain.

* [ In 1760 | Painter : unknown | Leeum Samsung Museum of Art Collection]

*The Current appearance of Ogansugyo Bridge on Cheonggyecheon Stream

Juncheon sisa yeolmudo depicts a ceremony to celebrate the completion of Cheonggyecheon dredging project, and was inserted in the Jungcheon gyecheop, a report on the dredging work carried out during the reign of King Yeongjo. In this painting, the battlements above the five-hole flood gates are well depicted.

*Photo of Sungnyemun Gate and its vicinity in early 1904 [Photographer : George Rose | Collection of Cho Sang-sun, head of Stereoscope]

The sections of the wall on the right and left-hand sides of Sungnyemun were preserved intact until the early 1900s. However, in the 1920s, these sections were all demolished.

Tourist Attractions around the Seoul City Wall accessible by Subway

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LINE 2

LINE 3

[Seoul Station Gye [City Hall Station

] Sungnyemun (Namdaemun) Gate ] Deoksugung Palace / Seoul Museum of Art / Jeongdong Theater / Seoul Plaza / Cheonggye Plaza / Seoul Metropolitan Council / Main building of Bank of Korea / Site of Souimun Gate / Hwangudan Altar / Chungdong First Methodist Church [Jonggak Station ] Bosingak Belfry [Jongno 3(sam)ga Station ] Tapgol Park / Cheonggyecheon Stream / Jongmyo Shrine / Insa-dong [Jongno 5(o)ga Station ] Gwangjang Market/ Dongdaemun Market [Dongdaemun Station ] Heunginjimun Gate / Igansumun Floodgate / Dongdaemun Seonggwak Park / Pyounghwa Market Air

[Chunjeongno Station ] Jeongdong Theater / Son Keechung Sports Park [City Hall Station ]D eoksugung Palace / Seoul Museum of Art / Jeongdong Theater / Seoul Plaza / Cheonggye Plaza / Seoul Metropolitan Council / Main building of Bank of Korea / Site of Souimun Gate / Hwangudan Altar / Chungdong First Methodist Church [Euljiro 1(il)ga Station ] Myeongdong Cathedral [Euljiro 3(sam)ga Station ] Cheonggyecheon Stream [Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station ] Gwanghuimun Gate / Dongdaemun History & Culture Park (Site of Old Dongdaemun Stadium) / Site of Ogansumun Floodgate [Dongnimmun Station ] Seodaemun Prison History Hall / Independence Park / Dongnimmun Gate / Site of General Gwon Yul's House / Hong Nan-pa's House in Hongpa-dong / Woram Neighborhood Park [Gyeongbokgung Station ] G wanghwamun Gate / Gyeongbokgung Palace / Sejong Center for the Performing Arts / National Folk Museum of Korea / Tongin Market [Anguk Station ] C hangdeokgung Palace / Bukchon Hanok Village / Constitutional Court of Korea / Jeongdok Public Library / Unhyeongung Palace / Bukchon Handicraft Experience Center [Jongno 3(sam)ga Station ] Tapgol Park/ Cheonggyecheon Stream/ Jongmyo Shrine / Insa-dong [Euljiro 3(sam)ga Station ] Cheonggyecheon Stream [Chungmuro Station ] Namsangol Hanok Village [Dongguk Univ. Station ] Jangchung Gymnasium / Jangchungdan Park / Jangchung-dong Jokbal Alley

Organizations related to Seoul City Wall

[ Seoul City Wall ] •Home page of Seoul City Wall

seoulcitywall.seoul.go.kr

•Seoul City Wall Institute of the Seoul Museum of History

www.museum.seoul.kr

•Seoul City Wall Museum

[ Tourist Information Centers

]

•Gwanghwamun Tourist Information Center

09:00~22:00

02)735-8688

•Namdaemun Market Tourist Information Center

09:30~18:00

02)752-1913

•Dongdaemun Tourist Information Center

09:00~22:00

02)2236-9135

•Myeong-dong Tourist Information Center

10:30~20:00

02)774-3238

[ Relevant Organizations ] •Cultural Heritage Administration of Korea

www.cha.go.kr

•Ministry of Culture, Sports & Tourism

www.mcst.go.kr

•Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation

www.chf.or.kr

[ Autonomous Gu Offices ] •Jongno-gu Office

www.jongno.go.kr

•Seongbuk-gu Office

www.seongbuk.go.kr

•Yongsan-gu Office

www.yongsan.go.kr

•Seodaemun-gu Office

www.sdm.go.kr

•Jung-gu Office

www.junggu.seoul.kr

[ Committees ]

LINE 4

[Seoul Station Gye Air ] Sungnyemun Gate (Namdaemun) [Hoehyeon Station ] Sungnyemun Gate (Namdaemun)/ Baekbeom Square / Patriot Ahn Jung-geun Memorial Hall / Namsan Public Library / Namdaemun Market [Myeongdong Station ] Myeongdong Cathedral / Myeong-dong Jungang-ro [Chungmuro Station ] Namsangol Hanok Village [Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station ] Gwanghuimun Gate / Dongdaemun History & Culture Park (Site of Old Dongdaemun Stadium)/ Site of Ogansumun Floodgate [Dongdaemun Station ] Heunginjimun Gate / Igansumun Floodgate / Dongdaemun Seonggwak Park/ Pyounghwa Market [Hyehwa Station ] Marronnier Park / Naksan Park/ Ihwa Village / Ihwajang House/ Museum of Korea Straw and Plant Handicraft [Hansung Univ. Station ] Hyehwamun Gate / The Official Residence of the Seoul Mayors

] S ite of Donuimun Gate / Gyeonggyojang House / Gyeonghuigung Palace / Chungdong First Methodist Church / Jeongdong Theater / Cheonggyecheon Stream / Seoul History Museum [Gwanghwamun Station ] Sejong Center for the Performing Arts [Jongno 3(sam)ga Station ] Tapgol Park/ Cheonggyecheon Stream / Jongmyo Shrine / Insa-dong [Dongdaemun History & Culture Park Station ] Gwanghuimun/ Dongdaemun History & Culture Park (Site of Old Dongdaemun Stadium) / Site of Ogansumun Floodgate [Seodaemun Station

LINE 5

•Korean National Commission for UNESCO

www.unesco.or.kr

•ICOMOS-KOREA

www.icomos-korea.or.kr

[Seoul City Wall Guide Book] Travel information about Seoul : Call 120 and then press 9 when you hear a recorded message in Korean. (You can choose from the following languages: English, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese and Mongolian.)

Publishing Date Published by Publisher Planning・Production Design

May 2014 Seoul Metropolitan Government, Culture · Design & Tourism Headquarters, Seoul City Wall Division Jang Eun Sun Manager Mayor of Seoul Seoul Metropolitan Government, Culture · Design & Tourism Headquarters, Seoul City Wall Division Jang Eun Sun Manager aCreatvie

Tourist Attractions around Seoul City Wall

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4·19 Revolution Memorial Hall and Library Arko Art Center Baegak Chotdaebawi Rock Baegak Gokseong Baegak Rest Area Baegangmaru Baekbeom Square Bangye Yun Eungryeol's Villa Banyan Tree Club & Spa Seoul Bekseokdongcheon in Buam-dong Biudang House Buam Mineral Spring Bugak Palgakjeong Pavilion Bukchon Hanok Village Bukchon Traditional Culture Center Bukjeong Village Changdeok Girls' Middle School Changdeokgung Palace Changuimun Gate Changuimun Information Center Cheonggye Plaza Cheongun Park Cheongundae Choi Sayoung’s House in Mapo Choi Sunu House in Seongbuk-dong Chungdong First Methodist Church Chungmu Art Hall Daehan Medical Center (Seoul National Univ. Hospital Institute)

Daehangno Musical Center Daemyeong Street Deoksugung Palace Dilkusha (Tailor's House) Dolphin Rest Area Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) Dongdaemun History & Culture Park (Site of Old Dongdaemun Stadium)

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Dongdaemun History Museum 1398 Dongdaemun Market Dongdaemun Seonggwak Park Dongdaemun Tourist Information Center Dongmun Market Dongpyeonghwa Market East Building of Paichai School · Baejae Park Ewha Girls' High School Excavation Site of Hoehyeon, Namsan Former Administration Building of Seoul National Univ.

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Former Prime Minister Johan. M. Chang's House in Myeongnyun-dong

Former Russian Legation Former Seo Gynecology Clinic Former Seoul Railway Station (Culture Station Seoul 284)

Gilsangsa Temple Guksadang Shrine of Inwangsan Gwanghuimun Gate Gwanghwamun Square Gwanghwamun Tourist Information Center Gyeonggyojang House Gyeonghuigung Palace Hanok Village to the West of Gyeongbokgung Palace

Headspring, Seongbukcheon Stream Heunginjimun Gate Hong Geon-ik's House in Pirun-dong Hong Nanpa's House in Hongpa-dong Hongdeogibat Field Hongjimun Gate and Tangchundaeseong Fortress

Hullyeonwon Park Hwanghakjeong Pavilion Hyehwamun Gate Igansumun Floodgate Ihwa Village Ihwajang House Ilseok Memorial Hall Inwangsan Beombawi Rock Inwangsan Gichabawi Rock Inwangsan Gokseong Inwangsan Mojabawi Rock Inwangsan Park Inwangsan Seonbawi Rock

Jaedong Elementary School Tourist Information Center

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Jajidongcheon Well Jamdubong Photo Island Jangchung Gymnasium Jangchungdan Park Jangchungdanbi Monument Jangchung-dong Jokbal Alley Jangsu Village January 21, Pine Tree Jeongdok Public Library Jeong-dong Park Jeongdong Theater Kansong Art Museum Lee Jongseok’s Villa in Seongbuk-dong

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Maebongsan Park Main building of Bank of Korea

36 28 20 Main building of the Former National Industrial Institute 22 Malbawi Information Center 28 Manhae Han Yongun Simujang House 36 Marronnier Park 36 Myeongdong Cathedral 36 Myeong-dong Jungang-ro 36 Myeong-dong Tourist Information Center 26 N Seoul Tower 26 Naksan Observation Plaza 1·2·3 28 Naksan Park Cultural Plaza 30 Naksanjeong Pavilion 38 Nam Pyung Hwa Market 38 Namdaemun Market Namdaemun Market Tourist Information Center 36 36 Namsan Cable Car Station 34 Namsan Drama Center 34 Namsan Exhibition Hall 34 Namsan J-Gran House 36 Namsan Outdoor Botanical Garden 36 Namsan Palgakjeong Pavillion 34 Namsan Public Library 34 Namsan Wild Flowers Park 38 Namsangol Hanok Village National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Deoksugung 20 34 National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, Seoul 42 National Theater of Korea 36 Park Nosu's House (Jongno Park No-soo Art Museum) 18 Patriot Ahn Jung-geun Memorial Hall 30 Police Commissioner Choi Gyusik Statue 36 Pyounghwa Market 42 Saekkum Children's Park 42 Sajik Neighborhood Park 20 Sajikdan Altar 20 Samcheong Park 26 Samcheonggak 26 Samgunbu Chongmudang 22 Samseon Sangsang Children's Park 34 Sangheo Lee Taejun’s House 20 Scenic Views (To Yongsan-gu) 20 Scenic Views (To Jongno-gu) 34 Scenic Views (To Seongbuk-gu) 18 Seokhojeong (Archery Range) 20 Seokpajeong Pavillion (Seoul Museum)

Seongbuk Friendship Place Seongbuk-gu Museum of Art Seongnagwon Garden Seonjamdan Altar Site in Seoul Seosijeong Pavilion Seosomun History Park Seoul 600 Years Time Capsule Seoul Cathedral Anglican Church of Korea Seoul Cith Wall Museum (Seoul Design Support Center)

Seoul City Hall (New City Hall) Seoul History Museum Seoul Meteorological Observatory Seoul Munmyo Confucian Shrine and Sungkyunkwan

Seoul Museum of Art Seoul Plaza Seoul Station Seoul Theater Center Sewing Village in Changsin-dong (Site of Quarry) Simpson Memorial Hall at Ewha Girls' High School Site of Baeksa Hangbok Lee’s House (Pirundae Pavillion)

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Site of Chilpae Market Site of Donuimun Gate Site of General Gwon Yul's House Site of Gyeongmogung Shrine Site of Mongmyeoksan Beacon Mound Site of Namji Pond Site of Namsomun Gate Site of Ogansumun Floodgate Site of Prince Anpyeong Lee Yong’s House Site of Souimun Gate Sukjeongmun Gate Sukjeongmun Information Center Sungnyemun Gate (Namdaemun) Supyogyo Bridge Suseongdong Valley of Inwangsan The Korea Chamber of Commerce & Industry The Official Residence of the Seoul Mayors The Shilla Seoul Waryong Park Woram Neighborhood Park Yu Gwansun Memorial Hall Yun Dong-ju Hill Yun Dong-ju Literary Museum Yun Posun's House in Anguk-dong

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