Kumsusan Palace of the Sun

Kumsusan Palace of the Sun
Kumsusan Memorial Palace of the Suns (portrait of Kim Jong Il was added in 2011 after his death.)
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General information
Architectural styleModern, neoclassical
Country North Korea
Coordinates39°3′51″N 125°47′15″E / 39.06417°N 125.78750°E / 39.06417; 125.78750
Opened1976 (1976)
OwnerNorth Korean Government
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
금수산태양궁전
Hancha
錦繡山太陽宮殿
Revised RomanizationGeumsusan Taeyang Gungjeon
McCune–ReischauerKŭmsusan T'aeyang Kungjŏn

The Kumsusan Palace of the Sun (Korean: 금수산태양궁전), formerly the Kumsusan Memorial Palace (금수산기념궁전), is a building near the northeast corner of the city of Pyongyang that serves as the mausoleum for Kim Il Sung, first Supreme Leader and founder of North Korea, and for his son Kim Jong Il, both posthumously designated as the Eternal leaders of North Korea (Eternal President and Eternal General Secretary, respectively).[1]

  1. ^ "Kim Jong Il to be enshrined as "eternal leader"". CBS News. January 12, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2011.

Kumsusan Palace of the Sun

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