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title: "Gyeongbokgung, Seoul — GetMap"
description: "Only 40 of its old buildings survived. Almost all of its roughly 500 structures were sold off and shipped elsewhere during Japan’s rule of Korea. By…"
source: https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJod7tSseifDUR9hXHLFNGMIs
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# Gyeongbokgung

Only 40 of its old buildings survived

History · 🇰🇷 Seoul · one place, one stop

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[Seoul](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=37.579617%2C126.977041&query_place_id=ChIJod7tSseifDUR9hXHLFNGMIs)
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Almost all of its roughly 500 structures were sold off and shipped elsewhere during Japan’s rule of Korea. By 1945, only 40 pre-colonial buildings remained. The palace is also where Sejong the Great led the creation of Hangul, the native Korean script.

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