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| Daehangno | |
 Daehang-no at night | |
| Korean name | |
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| Hangul | 대학로 |
| Hanja | 大學路 |
| RR | Daehangno |
| MR | Taehangno |
| Former name | |
| Hangul | 숭교방 |
| Hanja | 崇敎坊 |
| RR | Sunggyobang |
| MR | Sunggyobang |
Daehang-no (Korean: 대학로; lit. college road) is a road in Jongno District, Seoul, connecting Jongno 50ga 82-1 (Jongno 5-ga Intersection) to Hyehwa-dong Rotary). It also refers to the surrounding area, a hub of cultural and artistic activity. The section from Jongno 5-ga to Ewha Intersection is a four-lane road, while the section from Ewha Intersection to Hyehwa-dong Rotary is a six-lane road. The Road derives its name from the former location of Seoul National University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
As part of Seoul National University's comprehensive development plan, there were two arguments: one against the relocation, which argued that the historical value and locality of the Dongsoong-dong campus as the birthplace of higher education should be preserved, and the other in favor of the relocation, which argued that it was right to liquidate the remnants of Japanese colonial rule by erasing the traces of Gyeongseong Imperial University during the Japanese colonial period. The latter was chosen, and the Dongsoong-dong campus was gradually relocated to Sillim-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul, starting in January 1975.[1] It was named Daehak-ro because it was the road that passed right next to the Dongsoong-dong campus.
On May 4, 1985, the government initiated the creation of a "Culture and Arts Street" in the Daehak-ro area, and cultural groups and theaters scattered throughout Seoul began to gather there.[2] As Gyeongseong Imperial University was established and later renamed Seoul National University, this area, where university culture dominated, came to be called a "youth paradise". In 2004, it was designated as the second "cultural district" in Seoul after Insa-dong, becoming a street representing Seoul's culture.
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