Kumsusan Palace of the Sun

Local name금수산태양궁전
LocationPyeong-yangsi, North Korea

The Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, formerly the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, and sometimes referred to as the Kim Il-sung Mausoleum, is a building near the northeast corner of the city of Pyongyang that serves as the mausoleum for Kim Il-sung, the founder of North Korea, and for his son Kim Jong-il, both posthumously designated as eternal leaders of North Korea.The palace was built in 1976 as the Kumsusan Assembly Hall and served as Kim Il-sung's official residence. Following the elder Kim's death in 1994, Kim Jong-il had the building renovated and transformed into his father's mausoleum.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumsusan_Palace_of_the_Sun

Address Pyongyang, North Korea

Coordinates 39°3'47.761" N 125°47'20.26" E

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