Grand Greenhouse of Changgyeonggung Palace

The Grand Greenhouse, located within Changgyeonggung Palace, a Historic Site, was built in 1909 as Korea's first Western-style greenhouse, with a structure combining cast-iron framing and timber enclosed in an outer skin of glass. It shows how iron and glass, a new building type of nineteenth-century modern architecture, were introduced into Korea in the early twentieth century.

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Where it is

Region

Jongno-gu, Seoul

Designation

Registered Cultural Heritage · 국가등록문화유산