Sejongno

Sejongno
Sejong-daero looking northwards, fair on the pedestrian stretch
Korean name
Hangul
세종대로
Hanja
世宗大路
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Sejong-daero; with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on the left in 2006 with 16-lanes of traffic

Sejongno (Korean: 세종로), officially Sejong-daero (Korean: 세종대로) is a street that runs through Jongno District, downtown Seoul, South Korea. It is named after King Sejong the Great of Joseon. The street is 600 meters in length, but due to its central location it is of great symbolic importance. It points north to Bugaksan and Bukhansan (Mountains), and the Joseon-era palace Gyeongbokgung. It is also of historical significance as the location for royal administrative buildings and features statues of the Admiral Yi Sun-sin of Joseon Dynasty and King Sejong the Great of Joseon.

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