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Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond

South Korea · 7th century

Founded
674
Heritage status
Treasure of the Republic of Korea
Location
Gyeongju
Coordinates
35.83462°, 129.22711°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond in South Korea
Photo: riNux from Taipei, Taiwan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond (Korean: 동궁과 월지; Hanja: 東宮과 月池) are a Silla-era former palace and artificial pond in Gyeongju, South Korea. They were part of the palace complex of ancient Silla (57 BCE – 935 CE). It was constructed by order of King Munmu in 674 CE. The pond was formerly known as Anapji (안압지) and is situated at the northeast edge of the Wolseong Palace, in central Gyeongju. The pond is an oval shape; 200m from east to west and 180m from north to south. It contains three small islands.

Text adapted from “Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond ranks #976 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #8 of the 59 mapped in South Korea. Founded 674, it is older than 96% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 41 atlas entries founded in the 7th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 5,495 times in the last 60 days, more than 89% of the atlas. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Gyeongju, 2 km away. See how South Korea compares in the castle statistics.

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