Deoksugung Palace : The palace was built during the Joseon Dynasty, across from Seoul City Hall

The palace was built during the Joseon Dynasty, across from Seoul City Hall, 99 Sejong-daero, Jung-gu, Seoul.

Deoksugung Palace was originally built by his father-in-law, King Sejo, to provide a place for him and his son-in-law, Wolsan-gun, Zaeul-gun and Princess Myeong-sook to live after the death of her husband, Eui-kyung. Later, when King Seongjong ascended the throne and his mother-in-law, Su Bin Han, entered the royal palace, the house belonged to the Great Wolsan Army. It was the first time that King Seonjo, who returned from Mongjin after the Japanese invasion of Korea, renovated the mansion of Wolsan Daegun and used it as his temporary residence, Jeongneung Haenggung Palace.

Afterwards, Changdeokgung Palace was restored and forgotten.Gojong, who fled to the Russian legation, returned to the front of history in 1897 and was used as the royal palace of the Korean Empire for 10 years.

Because the palace was built during the upheaval of the Korean language, many different style buildings are gathered, including Seokjojeon Hall, a Western-style stone building, and Jeong Gwan-heon, a Western-style building that mimics Eastern styles. However, the Japanese occupation, and the Korean War, had hard time, and is currently the area has been less than one-half the Korean Empire days has become less frequent. Near the Deoksugung Palace will also be the Seoul Cathedral of the Anglican Church of Korea (Romanesque), the main hall of the Churches in Korea (Hanok), the embassies of Britain, Russia, Canada and Deoksu Elementary School.

After King Injo’s reflection, the place was abandoned for a long time and when King Gojong returned to the palace after Agwan Pacheon in 1897, he left Gyeongbokgung Palace or other palaces and resided as the center of history at the palace. King Gojong stayed at Deoksugung Palace until his death, and an important event of the Korean Empire later took place at Gyeongung Palace. However, as Emperor Sunjong succeeded Changdeok Palace in November 1907, the status of the royal palace (the royal palace) was also moved to Changdeok Palace.

When King Gojong continued, Gyeongung Palace was even forgotten by the public, and the then-private book "Hankyeongjirak" was introduced as Myeonggyeonggung Palace, a small palace of the royal family. The reason why King Gojong was attached to the palace, which was originally a folk house and now had only two buildings left, is that it was close to the Russian legation, the U.S. legation, and the British legation.[13] For reference, the distance from the Russian legation was less than 10 meters, and if not by land, the Russian legation was constructed to safely evacuate to the Russian legation. In fact, not only the Russian legation was close, but as I said above, the area was crowded with foreign missions with U.S.-British missions. The foreign missions nearby alone included the United States, Britain, Russia, France, Germany and Italy. The area was the site of the diplomatic mission, to the extent that diplomats were called the Jeongdong Guropu during the opening period. Before Agwan Pacheon, even American and British missionaries were swarming, making it the same place as the West in Hanyang. For King Gojong, who remembers the incident in which Japanese troops surrounded and occupied Gyeongbok Palace during the Sino-Japanese War, or the Eulmisa Incident, some countries, especially the Gyeongung Palace, were surrounded by foreign diplomatic missions and were in a position where Japan could not make military provocations.

King Gojong, who stayed in Agwan and was under pressure from home and abroad, ordered the construction of the palace in 1896. The palace was reduced to a large scale in 1623, the first year of King Injo’s reign, leaving only two houses remaining for the original folk song, Yeondae and Sakyamuni. Of course, it was almost impossible to use as a royal palace. King Gojong first returned to Gyeongbokgung Palace in 1897 with buildings in immediate need, including Hamnyeongjeon Hall, Seojae Bomungak, and Sasungdang, where King Taejo Lee Seong-gye was enshrined. The power outage took advantage of instant noodles for five years until the completion of the Chinese war in 1902.

King Gojong continued his extensive construction to make Gyeongungung Palace a royal palace. Since there were only two pavilions that were originally left at Gyeongung Palace, it was a great construction that was close to building a new palace. In particular, the power outage was not the same as the power outage at Changgyeonggung Palace or Gyeonghui Palace, which is a double-decker pattern. Traditional Oriental temples were built at the center of the palace, while Western-style ones such as Seokjojeon Hall, Dondeokjeon Hall and Jeonggwanheon were also built. At that time, the palace buildings were torn down and used for construction of the palace (...). According to the posting, the buildings built from Gyeongbok Palace to Gyeongbok Palace were Hoe Safety, Mungyeongjeon Hall, Taewonjeon Hall, Heungbokjeon Hall, Daekyeongdang, and so on. Among them, the comic book hall will be remodeled into Hamnyeongjeon Hall in Gyeongungung Palace.