North Korean Architecture: Pyongyang

Pyongyang index

Pyongyang, North Korea

Visual Index of Pyongyang Sites:

	Site name and description
	"The 105 building" An Orwellian architecture disaster
	Children's Palace at Mangyongdae An elite school for lucky North Korean children
	Grand People's Study House (1982) A 600 room library
	Kim Il-sung Square A site of mass rallies and large government buildings
	Mangyongdae The birthplace of North Korea's late leader, Kim Il-sung
	Monumental Statues A sampling of monumental statues in the city.
	Moranbong Hill A park with traditional pavilions
	Potong Gate Reconstruction of an ancient gate.
	Pyongyang Railroad Station A fine example of Stalinist architecture.
	Pyongyang Streets Photos of a city that feels abandoned.
	Rungnado stadium A modern titanium-clad edifice
	Subway Architecture A glimpse of communism's faded grandeur.
	Taedong Gate A Choson-era structure that used to be Pyongyang's east gate
	Tower of the Juche Idea (1982) A 150-meter tower commemorating North Korea's Juche philosophy
	Triumphal Arch North Korea's answer to the Arch de Triomphe.
	War Cemetery, (1975, enlarged 1985) A commemoration to revolutionaries who died in the struggle against Japan