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The former city hall of Seoul was built in 1925, during the Japanese occupation of Korea. It is an example of Imperial Crown Style architecture, and served as city hall from Korea's liberation in 1945, until construction of the modern building in 2008. It now houses the Seoul Metropolitan Library, in front of the current, modern Seoul City Hall ...
The Seoul Metropolitan Government (Korean: 서울특별시청) is a local government of Seoul, South Korea. The mayor is elected to a four-year term by the citizens of Seoul and is responsible for the administration of the city government. The Seoul Metropolitan Government deals with administrative affairs as the capital city of South Korea.
Seoul City Hall; Seoul National Cemetery; U. Urban Hive; W. World Cup Fountain; Y. Yulhyeon Tunnel This page was last edited on 31 July 2021, at 07:02 (UTC). Text ...
Seoul Museum of Art is also nearby. The museum has hosted many special exhibitions, including those of the works of van Gogh, Monet, and René Magritte. [2] The head offices of three daily newspapers, The Chosun Ilbo, The Dong-A Ilbo and Kyunghyang Shinmun, are near the city hall. Seoul Plaza Hotel is located across from the city hall.
The Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) was designed by British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, winner of the 2004 Pritzker Prize, with the concept of "Metonymic Landscape".Metonymy refers to a method of describing a specific object indirectly, and Hadid integrated historical, cultural, urban, social, and economic aspects of Seoul deduced from this method in order to create a scene of the landscape.
The Seoul City Hall (Korean: 서울특별시청사), located in Jung-gu, is a government building that handles the administrative affairs of Seoul. In front of the current city hall are the old city hall building and Seoul Plaza .
Seoul Trail (Korean: 서울둘레길; RR: Seoul dulle gil) is a long-distance trail that goes around the perimeter of Seoul, South Korea. As of 2024, the full trail is 156.5 km (97.2 mi), although it is subdivided into 21 shorter routes. It is maintained by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, and first opened on November 15, 2014. It has since ...
Seoul Plaza (Korean: 서울광장) is a central plaza located in front of Seoul City Hall at Taepyeongno, Jung District, Seoul, South Korea. It was reopened on 1 May 2004, by Seoul Metropolitan Government , with the purpose of providing the public an open space.