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Changuimun

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Changuimun

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Changuimun (; also known as Northwest Gate) is one of the Eight Gates of Seoul in the Fortress Wall of Seoul, South Korea, which surrounded the city in the Joseon period. The gate is also known as Buksomun () and Jahamun ().

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Instance of
city gate
Located in
Cheongun-dong
Image
Korea-Seoul-Changuimun-01.jpg
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Revised Romanization
Changuimun
McCune–Reischauer romanization
Ch'angoemun
Commons category
Changuimun
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Changuimun (; also known as Northwest Gate) is one of the Eight Gates of Seoul in the Fortress Wall of Seoul, South Korea, which surrounded the city in the Joseon period. The gate is also known as Buksomun () and Jahamun ().

==History==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Changuimun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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