Unhyeongung

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  • Phone
    766 9090
  • Website
  • Transport
    underground rail: Line 3 to Anguk, Exit 4

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Lonely Planet review

The modest and plain natural-wood design of this minor palace reflects the austere tastes of Heungseon Daewongun (1820-98), King Gojong's stern and conservative father whose policies included massacring Korean Catholics, excluding foreigners from Korea and closing Confucian schools. Rooms are furnished and mannequins display the dress styles of the time. The marriage of King Gojong to Queen Myeongseong (Queen Min) is reenacted here, on-site.

Gojong was born and raised here until 1863 when he ascended the throne aged 12 with his father acting as regent.

The actual marraige took place here in 1867 when he was 15 and she 16. The reenactment is an hour long.