Namdaemun
gate, Seoul, South Korea
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- In Seoul: City layout
…city; Dongdaemun (“Great East Gate”); Namdaemun (“Great South Gate”), a designated national treasure whose wooden superstructure was destroyed by fire in 2008 (the rebuilt gate was reopened in 2013); and Seodaemun (“Great West Gate”). Outward from these gates the city extends toward the neighborhoods (dong) of Mia and Suyu to…
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