Former National Assembly Building, Seoul

This building was constructed in 1935 as a performance facility for Gyeongseong-bu (the administrative name for Seoul under Japanese colonial rule), served as the National Assembly building from 1954, and is currently used as the Seoul Metropolitan Council building. The cornerstone bears the inscription "Cornerstone laid, 1 June, the 10th year of Showa [1935], Date Shio," confirmed to have been written by the Japanese mayor of Gyeongseong, Date Shio, at the time of the building's construction, testifying to the painful history of Japan's encroachment on Korea. It is a reinforced-concrete building with one basement level and three storeys above ground, with part of the front raised in a tower-like form to emphasise authority and symbolism.

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Where it is

Region

Jung-gu, Seoul

Designation

Registered Cultural Heritage · 국가등록문화유산