Deoksugung Palace, The Royal Museum, and The Museum of Contemporary Art
The Deoksugung Palace in Seoul is a huge walled compound of palaces occupied by Korean royalties until the colonial period around the turn of the 20th century. All the palaces here were colorfully painted and intricately decorated.
One of the side entrances to Deoksugung Palace
Intricately decorated halls with tiled roofs were everywhere in Deoksugung Palace
Here's one of those tiled roof halls in Deoksugung Palace
Here's a view of another hall in Deoksugung Palace
Deoksugung Palace,
And another beautifully decorated hall in the compound of the Deoksugung Palace
This hall was by far my favorite. It was smallish in size but gilded all around
A side view of the same hall
A rear view of the same hall in the middle of the Deoksugung Palace walled compound
Deoksugung Palace
A Deoksugung Palace gate
The arch with the bell and two columns
The bronze bell
Two columns next to the bronze bell housed under an arch in Deoksugung Palace
Marc drinking soda to cool off
A flower in a pot sculpture in front of the National Museum of Contemporary Art on the grounds of Deoksugung Palace
The National Museum of Contemporary Art on the grounds of Deoksugung Palace
The National Museum of Contemporary Art on the grounds of the Deoksugung Palace
Marc in front of the National Museum of Contemporary Art on the grounds of Deoksugung Palace
In front of the Royal Museum on the grounds of Deoksugung Palace
Inside the Royal Museum
Inside the Royal Museum
Inside the Royal Museum
Inside the Royal Museum
Inside the Royal Museum
Inside the Royal Museum
Inside the Royal Museum
Inside the Royal Museum
An animal exhibit made of yarn inside the Royal Museum
Inside the Royal Museum
The square in front of City Hall
Seoul History Museum
A fuller view of the Gate of Gyeonghuigong
The Heunghwamun, the front Gate of the Gyeonghuigong
