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Hwangudan
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Hwangudan () was a shrine complex that still partially stands in Jung District, Seoul, South Korea. The complex consisted of two main buildings: a coronation site and Hwanggungu (). The coronation site was built in late 1897 and destroyed in 1913. Hwanggungu was built in 1899 and still stands today.
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Vinony files it under 1897 establishments in Korea, 1910s disestablishments in Korea and Buildings and structures completed in 1897.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- altar
- Country
- South Korea
- Located in
- Seoul
- Image
- Temple of Heaven Seoul2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hwangudan
- heritage designation
- Historic sites of South Korea
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- Japanese colonial period
- Recent history
- Architecture
- Gallery
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Hwangudan () was a shrine complex that still partially stands in Jung District, Seoul, South Korea. The complex consisted of two main buildings: a coronation site and Hwanggungu (). The coronation site was built in late 1897 and destroyed in 1913. Hwanggungu was built in 1899 and still stands today.
The coronation site was built as the site of King Gojong's ritual declaration of the Korean Empire. Upon his ascendency, Gojong performed the Rite of Heaven, a ritual that had not been performed by a Korean monarch for hundreds of years. The ritual was normally reserved for Sons of Heaven, but Korea had been a tributary state to China for centuries.
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