Yongdonggung was a Korean royal residence in

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...

where Crown Prince Sunhoe (Sunhoe Seja) of the

Joseon dynasty Joseon (; ; Middle Korean: 됴ᇢ〯션〮 Dyǒw syéon or 됴ᇢ〯션〯 Dyǒw syěon), officially the Great Joseon (; ), was the last dynastic kingdom of Korea, lasting just over 500 years. It was founded by Yi Seong-gye in July 1392 and re ...

once lived. The current address of the place where the residence was is 73, Suseong-dong neighborhood, Jongno-gu district, Seoul,

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. Originally it spanned the neighborhoods of

Seosomun-dong Seosomun-dong is a legal '' dong'', or neighbourhood of the Jung-gu district in Seoul, South Korea and governed by its administrative dong, Sogong-dong. Air China has an office on the 1st and 2nd floors of the Hansuang Building in Seosomun-dong. ...

and

Jeong-dong Jeong-dong is a legal '' dong'', or neighbourhood of the Jung-gu district in Seoul, South Korea and governed by its administrative dong, Sogong-dong. It is an historical area with Deoksu Palace from the Joseon Dynasty and some of Korea's first m ...

of Jung-gu district. Yongdonggung was known as "Crown Prince Sunhoe's palace" (Sunhoe Sejagung) because the prince who lived there had the title of crown prince. However, as the prince died at age of 12, he was buried in the area of Gyeongnueng where the tomb of Deokjong, the father of

King Sejo Sejo of Joseon (2 November 1417 – 23 September 1468), personal name Yi Yu (Korean: 이유; Hanja: 李瑈), sometimes known as Grand Prince Suyang (Korean: 수양대군; Hanja: 首陽大君), was the seventh ruler of the Joseon dynasty of K ...

is. Ownership of the palace was transferred to the queen and its building was moved to Sujinbang (today's Suseong-dong area). It existed until 1908 when Sookmyung Girls' School was established on the site.

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