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Jongmyo Shrine: Exterior · A pond at Jongmyo Shrine, Seoul
1/6 · Exterior · A pond at Jongmyo Shrine, SeoulPhoto: Bgag · CC0 · source
Jongmyo Shrine: Exterior · Chaofeng on the entrance gate of Jongmyo Shrine, Seoul
2/6 · Exterior · Chaofeng on the entrance gate of Jongmyo Shrine, SeoulPhoto: Bgag · CC0 · source
Jongmyo Shrine: Exterior
3/6 · ExteriorPhoto: Republic of Korea from Seoul, Republic of Korea · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Jongmyo Shrine: Exterior
4/6 · ExteriorPhoto: Republic of Korea from Seoul, Republic of Korea · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
Jongmyo Shrine: Interior · Sinwibongando, Jongmyo Shrine (hall detail) - Seoul, Korea
5/6 · Interior · Sinwibongando, Jongmyo Shrine (hall detail) - Seoul, KoreaPhoto: Daderot · Public domain · source
Jongmyo Shrine: Detail · Sculpture of an animal in Jongmyo Park, in front of the Jongmyo Confucian complex at Seoul
6/6 · Detail · Sculpture of an animal in Jongmyo Park, in front of the Jongmyo Confucian complex at SeoulPhoto: Ethan Doyle White · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · A pond at Jongmyo Shrine, SeoulPhoto 2: Exterior · Chaofeng on the entrance gate of Jongmyo Shrine, SeoulPhoto 3: ExteriorPhoto 4: ExteriorPhoto 5: Interior · Sinwibongando, Jongmyo Shrine (hall detail) - Seoul, KoreaPhoto 6: Detail · Sculpture of an animal in Jongmyo Park, in front of the Jongmyo Confucian complex at Seoul

Religious · Historic precedent

Jongmyo Shrine

Joseon builders · Seoul, KR · 1395

Key featuresA long low hall of repeated bays on a broad stone platform, extended as ancestral tablets accumulated.

Architect
Joseon builders
Place
Seoul, KR
Year
1395
Typology
Religious
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
East Asia
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