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| Wolseong Palace | |
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 A moat in the remains of the Wolseong Palace (2014) | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Gyeongju, South Korea |
| Coordinates | 35°49′52.73″N 129°13′24.01″E / 35.8313139°N 129.2233361°E |
| Designations | |
| Designated | 2000 |
| Part of | Gyeongju Historic Areas |
| Official name | Wolseong Palace Site, Gyeongju |
| Designated | 1963-01-21 |
| Reference no. | 16 |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 월성 |
| Hanja | 月城 |
| Revised Romanization | Wolseong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Wŏlsŏng |
Wolseong (Korean: 월성; Hanja: 月城; lit. moon fortress) or Wolseong Palace was a royal palace of Silla. It was located in what is now Gyeongju, South Korea. The palace was used during the Silla and Unified Silla periods (57 BCE – 938 CE). The palace gets its names from the approximate outline of the palace walls, which were shaped like a crescent moon. It is also called Banwolseong (반월성; lit. crescent moon fortress) or Sinwolseong or Jaeseong, which means where the king resides.