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The principal royal palace of the Joseon dynasty, first constructed in 1395 as the seat of the newly established dynasty and rebuilt between 1865 and 1872 following its destruction during the Japanese invasions of the 1590s and centuries of neglect. Gyeongbokgung is the largest of Seoul's five grand palaces, occupying 40 hectares in the northern heart of the city with the North Mountain (Bugaksan) rising directly behind it as a natural backdrop that was deliberately chosen according to pungsu (K...