Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
Selected city: 천안시
Churches & monasteries
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On the slopes of Gwangdeoksan (699 m) south of Cheonan, this temple is said to be where walnuts were first grown in Korea. A nearly 400-year-old walnut tree, a protected Natural Monument, stands before the steps to the main hall, and treas…
Museums
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The Independence Hall of Korea in Cheonan is the country's largest history museum devoted to the modern history of Korea, with a focus on the independence movement under Japanese colonial rule. A public fundraising campaign began in 1982 i…
Historic sites & memorials
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Out in the fields of Seonghwan near Cheonan, a lone stele stands on the back of a stone turtle. It records the founding of Bongseon Honggyeongsa, a temple built by King Hyeonjong of Goryeo, and it is a National Treasure. The temple vanishe…
Gardens & parks
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Cheonan Samgeori Park commemorates the Cheonan crossroads made famous across Korea by the folk song Heungtaryeong and its line about the weeping willows of Cheonan Samgeori. First laid out in the 1970s, it spent years mainly as an event gr…