Gyeongbokgung is the main royal palace of the Joseon dynasty in Seoul, built by King Taejo soon after he founded the dynasty and moved the capital. Its name means Palace Greatly Blessed by Heaven. It was destroyed by fire during the Japanese invasions of the 1590s and left in ruins for about two centuries, until it was rebuilt in the 1860s under the regent Heungseon Daewongun. Its buildings include the Geunjeongjeon throne hall and the Gyeonghoeru banquet pavilion on an artificial lake. Many structures were demolished during the Japanese colonial period, when the colonial government building was erected in front of it, and a restoration program has been under way since the 1990s. Queen Min was assassinated by Japanese agents in the palace grounds in 1895.
Before and after
- 1389Death of Hafez
- 1390Birth of Jan van Eyck
- c. 1390The Kingdom of Kongo is founded
- from 5 August 1392 to 12 October 1897Joseon
- 1395Construction of Gyeongbokgung
- from 11 May 1395 to 17 October 1797Duchy of Milan
- 6 June 1395Founding of Seoul
- 1397Construction of Kinkaku-ji Temple
- from 1397 to 1523Kalmar Union
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