An old building in North Korea
I believe a king lived here and that the building dates from around 1400, but I don’t remember. Still, it’s one of the few historical buildings they have or architectural references to a leadership other than the Kims.
Sorry I don’t remember the details (perhaps a reader who knows can remind me), but you start tuning out the guides and the stories glorifying the Kims and their regime sometimes, even when you’re looking at something unrelated.
The full building
Detail of the interior of the top
Upstairs (the sunlight overexposed the bannister)
Detail of a corner
Detail of the top of a pillar
The ceiling of another building in the complex
The ceiling of the previous picture from a different view
The ceiling of the previous two images from a different view.
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