Biwon (Secret Garden), formerly Huwon (Rear Garden) (Seoul)
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Behind Changdeokgung (Palace) is found the 78-acre 'Huwon' (Rear garden) - often called 'Biwon'(Secret garden), originally constructed for the use of the royal family and palace women, incorporating, pavilions, landscaped lawns, trees, flowers and shrubs, and a lotus pond. There are over 26,000 plant specimens and a hundred different species of trees in the garden, some of the trees being over 300 years old.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changdeokgung#Huwon_.28Rear_Garden.29
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 37°34'59"N 126°59'32"E
- Gwanaksan 13 km
- Bukhansan 14 km
- Cheonggyesan 15 km
- Suraksan 17 km
- Baegunsan 24 km
- Cheonmasan 25 km
- Yongmunsan 44 km
- Gayasan 97 km
- Daeyasan 126 km
- Johangsan 130 km
- Changdeokgung 0.1 km
- Waryong-dong 0.3 km
- Myeongnyun 3-ga 0.5 km
- Hyehwa-dong 1 km
- Dongsung-dong 1.2 km
- Samcheong-dong 1.2 km
- Gyeongbokgung 1.4 km
- Sejong-ro 1.4 km
- Seongbuk-dong 1.5 km
- Bugaksan 2.1 km