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Keijō Shrine

20th-century Shinto shrinesBuildings and structures completed in 1898Buildings and structures demolished in 1945History of SeoulKokuhei Shōsha
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Keijyo shrine 11
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Keijō Shrine (京城神社, Keijō-jinja, Korean: 경성신사), sometimes Seoul Shrine,: 65 : 139  was a Shinto shrine in Keijō (Seoul), Korea, Empire of Japan. The shrine was established on November 3, 1898, and destroyed on November 17, 1945, several months after the end of colonial rule.The shrine was located to the north of the mountain Namsan.

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Keijō Shrine
Sopa-ro 2-gil, Seoul Pil-dong

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숭의여자대학교

Sopa-ro 2-gil
04629 Seoul, Pil-dong
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