Banwolseong
Sign in to saveWolseong () or Wolseong Palace was a royal palace of Silla. It was located in what is now Gyeongju, South Korea. The palace was used during the Silla and Unified Silla periods (57 BCE – 938 CE). The palace gets its names from the approximate outline of the palace walls, which were shaped like a crescent moon. It is also called Banwolseong () or Sinwolseong or Jaeseong, which means where the king resides.
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- South Korea
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- Gyeongju
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- Historic sites of South Korea
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Wolseong () or Wolseong Palace was a royal palace of Silla. It was located in what is now Gyeongju, South Korea. The palace was used during the Silla and Unified Silla periods (57 BCE – 938 CE). The palace gets its names from the approximate outline of the palace walls, which were shaped like a crescent moon. It is also called Banwolseong () or Sinwolseong or Jaeseong, which means where the king resides.
==Features== Today the ruins of the palace, set among lush forests and hills, can still be visited and is part of the Gyeongju Historic Areas, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The South Korean government has also designated the palace ruins as Historic Site No. 16. Other notable sites nearby include the Anapji Pond which is northwest of the ruins and Gyeongju National Museum.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Banwolseong” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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