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[[File:Namdaemun.jpg|right|thumb|400px|[[Namdaemun]], historically, the main southern gate of the city.]]
*''Other Names'': 漢陽 ''(K: Hanyang; J: Kan'yô)'', 漢城 ''(K: Hanseong, J: Kanjô)'', 京城 ''(K: Gyeongseong, J: Keijô)''
*''Other Names'': 漢陽 ''(K: Hanyang; J: Kan'yô)'', 漢城 ''(K: Hanseong, J: Kanjô)'', 京城 ''(K: Gyeongseong, J: Keijô)''
*''Japanese'': ソウル ''(Souru)''
*''Japanese'': ソウル ''(Souru)''
The city was captured by samurai forces under [[Konishi Yukinaga]] and [[Kato Kiyomasa|Katô Kiyomasa]] in [[1592]]/5, and much of it was destroyed. Jongmyo Shrine and [[Changdeokgung Palace]] were rebuilt by [[1608]]. A new palace, [[Gyeonghuigung Palace]], was completed in [[1620]].
The city was captured by samurai forces under [[Konishi Yukinaga]] and [[Kato Kiyomasa|Katô Kiyomasa]] in [[1592]]/5, and much of it was destroyed. Jongmyo Shrine and [[Changdeokgung Palace]] were rebuilt by [[1608]]. A new palace, [[Gyeonghuigung Palace]], was completed in [[1620]].
In the early modern period, there were eight main gates providing entry into Seoul's city walls.<ref name=brit>Gallery labels, "Seoul, West Gate," British Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/22785964595/in/photostream/]</ref>
The court ordered the dredging of the Chonggyecheon Stream in [[1760]].
The court ordered the dredging of the Chonggyecheon Stream in [[1760]].
A Japanese legation was established in the city in [[1880]].<ref>Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009), 245.</ref>
A Japanese legation was established in the city in [[1880]];<ref>Robert Hellyer, ''Defining Engagement'', Harvard University Press (2009), 245.</ref> the US legation was established in [[1883]], followed by Russian, French, and German ones, as well as Western churches, schools, hospitals, and hotels. By around 1900, there were roughly 300 Westerners living in Seoul. Electric streetcar routes were also built through the city around this time, including rails running through some of the city gates.<ref name=brit/>
Seoul was renamed Keijô (K: ''Gyeongseong'') by the Japanese during the [[Colonial Korea|colonial period]], from [[1910]] to 1945.
Seoul was renamed Keijô (K: ''Gyeongseong'') by the Japanese during the [[Colonial Korea|colonial period]], from [[1910]] to 1945.
==References==
==References==
*Gallery labels, Seoul Museum of History.
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[[Category:Cities and Towns]]
[[Category:Cities and Towns]]