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- Page 1 Sungnyemun Seoul, South Korea Booklet available in English on Livret disponible en français sur Architecture.LEGO.com Folleto disponible en español en...
- Page 2 Sungnyemun Sungnyemun (Gate of Exalted Ceremonies) stands majestically in the heart of the South Korean capital of Seoul. Seen as one of the most complete examples of Joseon Dynasty architecture in South Korea, the gateway is listed as the country’s foremost National Treasure.
- Page 3 Four major gateways were built into the wall to control access in and out of the city, and Sungnyemun would become the most impressive of these gates. Sungnyemun consists of an imposing stonework base and archway with a two-story wooden pagoda construction sitting above.
- Page 4 It was at this point it was given the design that we still associate with the gate today. At that time Sungnyemun was already the finest of all the gateways into the city, and the stone and two-tiered wooden structure with a pagoda-shaped tiled roof rose high above the rest of the city.
- Page 5 Korea’s first national treasure and an extensive reconstruction program was carried out. During the work that was carried out on Sungnyemun in 1962, hidden records were discovered under a ridge beam of the second roof. These placed the precise date...
- Page 6 Korea, and is one of the few physical links to the Joseon Dynasty. The pagoda building on top of Sungnyemun was the oldest existing wooden structure in Korea until February 10, 2008, when fire totally destroyed it. A complete restoration project began two years later in 2010 and it’s expected that an exact reproduction...
- Page 8 Size: ........Stone base - 28.97m x 14.79m (95.05 ft. x 48.52 ft.) Wooden structure - 22.29m x 7.65m (73.13 ft. x 25.1 ft.) LEGO Architecture launches its model of Sungnyemun as a celebration of the EXPO 2012 exhibition in Yeosu, South Korea. © TIMESPACE INC.
- Page 47 As well as controlling As well as controlling commercial access to city, commercial access to city, the wall and gateway were the wall and gateway were also a way of keeping wild also a way of keeping wild Korean tigers from entering Korean tigers from entering the city at night.
- Page 65 A phoenix image, representing A phoenix image, representing the king, was carved into the the king, was carved into the tiles in the upper eave while the tiles in the upper eave while the dragon image, representing the dragon image, representing the queen, was carved into the tiles queen, was carved into the tiles in the lower eave.
- Page 69 Sungnyemun has a Sungnyemun has a paljak-shaped roof - paljak-shaped roof - a roofi ng style with hip a roofi ng style with hip rafters attached to the four rafters attached to the four corners - that gracefully corners - that gracefully curves in double eaves.
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Page 80: A Word From The Artist
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- Page 83 Landmark series References Text credits: www.newworldencyclopedia.org http://en.wikipedia.org www.visitkorea.org.kr Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Customer Service Kundenservice Service Consommateurs Servicio Al Consumidor www.lego.com/service or dial 00800 5346 5555 : 1-800-422-5346 :...
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