Daehangno
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Template:Infobox Korean name/categories Template:Infobox Korean name/categories Template:Infobox Korean name/categories Template:Infobox Korean name/categories Template:Infobox Korean name/categories Template:Infobox Korean name/categories Template:Infobox Korean name/categories Template:Infobox Korean name/categories Template:Infobox Korean name/categories Template:Infobox Korean name/categories Template:Infobox Korean name/categories Daehang-no (Korean: Script error: No such module "Lang".; lit. college streetTemplate:Category handler) is a area in Jongno District within Downtown Seoul.
Formerly known as Sunggyo-bang (Script error: No such module "Lang".; Script error: No such module "Lang".; lit. high respect for teachingTemplate:Category handler), it received its current name after the 1.1 km six lane road from Hyehwa-dong rotary to Ihwa-dong crossroad was designated as a "street of culture" on May 5, 1985.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Daehang-no is the street from the crossroad of 79–1, Jongno 5-ga, Jongno District, to Hyehwa-dong rotary, 132, Hyehwa-dong.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
History
King Taejo relocated Sungkyunkwan to the current location on Daehang-no, after the founding of the Joseon dynasty. This gave Daehang-no its former name, "Sunggyo-bang", meaning "high respect for teaching".Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
During the Japanese occupation, Keijō Imperial University was founded in this area. The university was later merged with other colleges to form the prestigious Seoul National University.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In 1956, Hakrim Dabang, now considered among the oldest active cafes in South Korea and the oldest in Seoul, opened on Daehangno.[1][2]
In March 1975, main campus of the Seoul National University was moved to Gwanak District by pressure from national government.[3] What came to the place where SNU left, was densely concentrated theatre district around Marronnier Park,[4] as the street was hub of Seoul's university culture in 1970s.[5]
See also
Notes and references
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External links
- Daehangno– Seoul's Theater District: Official Seoul City Tourism
- Jongno District local government website
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