Jongno District is a district in Downtown Seoul, South Korea. It is the historic center of Seoul, and contains the Joseon-era royal palace Gyeongbokgung and the former presidential residence, the Blue House.
View of Gyeongbokgung and the mountain Bugaksan
Bosingak bell pavilion
Gwanghwamun Plaza
Donggwoldo, the landscape painting depicting the two royal palaces in Jongno.
The Downtown Seoul, also known as Seoul Central Business District or Sadaemun-An is traditional city center and central business district of Seoul, located through Gwanghwamun of Jongno District and Seoul Station of Jung District along the Sejong-daero and Jong-ro. For its time-honored and unique geographic status in Seoul, the Downtown is usually just called as 'The Central Business District ', or sometimes as 'Gwanghwamun Business District' for outstanding landmark 'Gwanghwamun' at the heart of it.
Picture of Downtown Seoul taken from Inwangsan, 2015
In 1928, local government of Keijō designated frontyard of City Hall as its geographic city center (都心), where is nowadays Seoul Plaza.
Built 1977 in front of the Seoul Station, Daewoo Group's Headquarter building is a landmark symbolizing 1970s of South Korea's rapid growth. It is nowadays named as 'Seoul Square'.
Restored in 2004, walled by high-rise office buildings on both side, standing as a eco-friendly linear park of stream between Jongno District and Jung District, the Cheonggyecheon is a soul of 21th century Downtown Seoul.
