Donggweoldo is a painting which was drawn on royal palaces (Changdeok palace, Changgyung palace and Whowon) of Joseon dynasty. The situation of landscape design on 19 century could be grasped from Donggweoldo, because the painting was produced in the 1820s. The purpose of this study is to clarify the characteristics of landscape architectural elements in Korean royal places by analyzing Donggweoldo. To analyze landscape architectural elements and clarify characteristics of those, the elements were classified to spatial elements, house elements, plant elements, water elements, stone elements. The appearance frequency of those elements was different as a role of the place. It is understood that Confucianism was reflected by elements in the place such as Uezo where retainers work or Chizo where is held ceremonies. There are various ornamental elements in Yeonzo where a king and his family live and Whowon which is a large garden where people relax and enjoy nature. Especially in back yard of kings bed house, there are ornamental elements such as flower terrace, various plant, oddly shaped stone. These data is expected to be a fundamental data when royal places restored to original state.
