Gwanghwamun Square is a public square on Sejongno, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Serving as a public space and at times road for centuries of Korean history, it is also historically significant as the location of royal administrative buildings, known as Yukjo-geori or Street of Six Ministries; and features statues of Admiral Yi Sun-sin of Joseon Dynasty and King Sejong the Great of Joseon.
The square in 2022. The Statue of Admiral Yi Sun-sin is in the center, and to the far right is Gyeongbokgung and the Blue House just above it
The Statue of Admiral Yi Sun-sin and the 12.23 Fountain (2011)
The Kukki Taekwondo Festival in the square (2023)
Celebrating Buddha's Birthday in the square (2015)
Sejongno (Korean: 세종로), also known as Sejong-daero, is a street that runs through Jongno-gu in downtown Seoul. 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 Gwanaksan and Bukhansan (Mountains), and the Joseon Dynasty 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.
Sejong-daero looking southwards, fair on the pedestrian stretch
Sejong-daero; with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on the left in 2006 with 16-lanes of traffic
Sejong-daero in 2012, after the deduction from 16-lanes to 10-lanes of traffic, following the construction of Gwanghwamun Plaza with the statues of the Admiral Yi Sun-sin on the left
Sejong-daero in 2012, with the statues of the King Sejong the Great of Joseon on the right and Gwanghwamun on the left.
