Gwanghwamun gate

Day 3, Seoul

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June 15th 2015
Today we visited quite a few places. First we went to the Gyeongbokgung Palace, which is the largest of the five grand palaces remaining in Seoul. It was built in 1395. We just walked around the palace grounds and took pictures. Also we saw a re-enact of Sumunjang changing of the guard ceremony, where these men were dressed in traditional Korean clothes and played some traditional instruments
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Asia » South Korea » Seoul

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Korea was an independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium. Following its victory in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Japan occupied Korea; five years later it formally annexed the entire peninsula. After World War II, a... ... read more