Queen’s quarters

Just behind the king’s bedchamber building sits one for the queen, Gyotaejeon Hall. This was built much later, in 1440, at the behest of King Sejong. His deteriorating health at the time meant he was conducting more and more executive business from his bed and to give his wife more privacy he had a residence built just for her. Like Gangnyeongjeon Hall, it was torn down for parts by the Japanese in 1920 and rebuilt in 1994.