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The destroyed Namdaemun, or "Great South Gate", is surrounded by a cordon in Seoul February 11, 2008. The 600-year-old gate in central Seoul listed as South Korea's number one national treasure and the country's landmark symbol has been destroyed, possibly by an arsonist, police said on Monday. The gate, whose history is drummed into South Korean school children from an early age, is a huge loss to ordinary citizens, many of whom gathered to look in horror at a national icon reduced to ashes. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA)