The Cathedral Church of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Nicholas features a red-brick exterior and Romanesque arches that distinguish it from the neighboring architecture. Designed by English architect Arthur Stansfield Dixon, the structure…
Jeongdong Empire and Legations
This walk follows the picturesque stone-wall paths of Deoksugung Palace and the surrounding Jeongdong neighborhood to visit the brick churches, former legations, and schools that shaped the final years of the Korean Empire.
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1. Seoul Anglican Cathedral of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Nicholas
2. Deoksugung Palace
Deoksugung Palace is distinguished by its neoclassical Seokjojeon Hall, a stark stone building with European columns that sits among traditional tiled Korean structures. While most palaces in Seoul represent the long span of the Joseon…
3. Jeongdong Observatory
The Jeongdong Observatory occupies the thirteenth floor of the Seosomun Building, an annex of the Seoul City Hall. You can identify this site by the sweeping, unobstructed perspective it provides over the neighboring Deoksugung Palace, a…
4. Deoksugung Doldamgil (Stone-wall Road)
Deoksugung Doldamgil is a promenade defined by the contrast between its traditional Korean stone wall and the canopies of trees that line the route. This walkway stretches for approximately nine hundred meters along the perimeter of…
5. Chungdong First Methodist Church, English Ministry
Chungdong First Methodist Church is identifiable by its red brick facade and the tall, three-story bell tower that rises above the surrounding area in Jeong-dong. Established by American missionary Henry Appenzeller, the congregation began…
6. Jungmyeongjeon Hall of Deoksugung Palace
Jungmyeongjeon Hall is a two-story red-brick building distinguished by the arched terraces along its facade and a traditional-style tiled roof. Designed by the Russian architect Aleksey Seredin Sabatin and completed around nineteen hundred…
7. Ewha Museum
The Ewha Museum in Jeong-dong is a red-brick building distinguished as the Simpson Memorial Hall, the oldest surviving structure of the historic Ewha Haktang campus. Established in nineteen fifteen with funds from an American…
8. Old Russian Legation
The Old Russian Legation is identifiable today by its lone, three-story white tower standing on a hill in the Jeong-dong area. Built in eighteen ninety to a Renaissance design by the Russian architect Afanasy Seredin-Sabatin, the original…