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unusual facts about Jongno


Jongno

Many important landmarks are located along its length, including the Bigak pavilion at Sejongno, the Bosingak belfry (hence the street's name), Tapgol Park (Pagoda Park), the Jongmyo royal ancestral shrine, and the aforementioned Dongdaemun (Great East Gate).


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Silmido

On 1968, January 21, North Korea’s guerrillas infiltrated the border and reached till Segumjunggogae (Sinyeong-dong, Jongno-gu) of Seoul to attack the Blue House to assassinate the President Park Chung-hee.

Sinmunno

Sinmunno (신문로 新門路) which literally means "a new gate on a road" may refer to one of the dongs or neighbourhoods in Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea or to the two combined areas as a whole.


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