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Seoul, through time.

Discover Seoul’s history, age reference and living heritage.

A city has many beginnings. Ages below count calendar years to 2026 from the stated milestone, not exact birthdays or the first human presence. Illustrations are AI-created artistic interpretations, not historical evidence.

Imagined early Joseon Seoul community in the late fourteenth century, timber palace halls and traditional homes, mountains beyond.
Imagined early Joseon Seoul community in the late fourteenth century, timber palace halls and traditional homes, mountains beyond. · AI illustration

Joseon capital milestone

Seoul

632 yearsfrom 1394 CE to 2026

Hanyang became the Joseon capital in 1394 under King Taejo. The Seoul area had been inhabited long before, including during prehistoric and earlier kingdom periods. The age here measures the Joseon capital milestone.

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