Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, Presidential mausoleum in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Description
Kumsusan Palace of the Sun is a mausoleum and museum in the Taesong district of northeastern Pyongyang. The building displays neo-Korean design elements alongside brutalist concrete forms, with columns and a surrounding park.
History
The palace building opened in 1976 as a residence for Kim Il-sung and converted into a mausoleum after his death in 1994. A second sarcophagus was later added for Kim Jong-il following his death in 2011.
Culture
Visitors change into felt slippers and move through the halls on moving walkways as they approach the sarcophagus. Each guest bows three times before the lying-in-state leader, once at each end and once along the glass casket's length.
Practical
Access is restricted to Thursday and Sunday mornings, requiring formal dress and passage through several security checkpoints. Photography is not allowed inside, and the tour follows a fixed route with constant supervision.
Did you know?
The interior corridors stretch up to one kilometer in length as visitors are guided silently from one room to the next. Outside visiting hours, the entire compound remains completely closed to the public and monitored by security personnel.
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