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Gyeongbokgung Palace was the main royal palace of Korea's [[Joseon Dynasty]] up until its destruction in [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi Hideyoshi's]] [[Korean Invasions|invasions of Korea]] in the 1590s. Completed in [[1395]], its name means roughly "the Palace Greatly Blessed by Heaven."
Gyeongbokgung Palace was the main royal palace of Korea's [[Joseon Dynasty]] up until its destruction in [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi|Toyotomi Hideyoshi's]] [[Korean Invasions|invasions of Korea]] in the 1590s. Completed in [[1395]], its name means roughly "the Palace Greatly Blessed by Heaven."
Abandoned for some 270 years, the palace was rebuilt and brought back into use by the royal family in the 1860s. It was then taken over by Japanese colonial authorities in the early 20th century.
==History==
==History==