Deoksugung Palace

Deoksugung and Jeong-dong Audio Guide: The Korean Empire in Seoul

Walk through Deoksugung and Jeong-dong, where the final years of the Joseon dynasty and the rise of the Korean Empire reshaped Seoul’s royal and diplomatic landscape. This audio guide follows Daehanmun Gate, Junghwajeon Hall, Hamnyeongjeon, Jeonggwanheon, Seokjojeon, Dondeokjeon, and the palace stonewall path to show how imperial ceremony, royal life, Western-style architecture, and urban memory meet in one compact district. Beyond the palace walls, the guide continues into Jeong-dong’s modern heritage: former legations, missionary schools, churches, cultural venues, Seoul Museum of Art, the former Russian Legation site, Hwangudan Altar, and other places tied to diplomacy, education, religion, and reform. For English-speaking visitors, it works as a walking audio guide to Korea’s early modern crossroads, centered on the Korean Empire and the international city forming around it.