Koryo Museum

Model of the Royal Palace in Kaesong, Taesong Hall

Date

1602

Geographic Coordinates
37.992017, 126.570969

Work Type

Notes

The Koryo Museum in at the foot of Mt. Songak in Kaesong. The museum is hosted in the building of Songgyungwan, which was the central intitute of education during the Koryo dynasty (since 998). The current buildings date 1602, when they were rebuilt after a fire.

Subject

Architecture--Korea (North)
Image Date
8/12/12
Image Source

Personal collection of Lorenzo Vigotti, available in collaboration with the Media Center for Art History, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University

Photographer