Yulgok-ro율곡로
Name translated by Tripbloom
서울특별시 종로구 율곡로
Nearest subway station
135Jongno 3(sam)ga
about 669 m away
About
Yulgok-ro is a road lined with old palace stone walls and roadside trees. Changgyeonggung Palace and Jongmyo Shrine were originally connected. In 1931, during the Japanese occupation, Japan split them apart as part of its policy to erase Korean national identity and built a road between them. That road is Yulgok-ro. Today, this road with its painful history has a quiet, peaceful feel, with old stone walls and rows of trees along the way. Gwanhun-dong, which the road passes through, is where Yulgok Yi I, one of the leading Confucian scholars of the Joseon dynasty, once lived, so the road was named after his pen name, Yulgok. It runs east to west from Dongsipjagak through the Ihwa-dong intersection to Dongdaemun. As a major arterial road 30 m wide and 3 km long, it is also known for its fine scenery.
Description translated by Tripbloom from Korea Tourism Organization data
K-MetroKorea Subway Map · route to Jongno 3(sam)gaOpenEvents nearby
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Mon, Jan 12 – Mon, Dec 28
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Wed, Apr 1 – Sun, Dec 6
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Photo & data: Korea Tourism Organization · KOGL Type 1