Verified historic sites & memorials in Paju — descriptions, map and practical info.
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Imjingak is a visitor site on the banks of the Imjin River in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, created in 1972 to console people who cannot return to their hometowns because of the division of Korea. The Mangbaedan altar, the Freedom Bridge and a…
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North of Paju's Unjeong new town, Bronze Age dolmens lie scattered through the pine woods on the slopes of Jangmyeongsan. The Dayul-ri and Dangha-ri Dolmens form the largest dolmen group in northern Gyeonggi-do, the survivors of more than…
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In a forest in Jori-eup, Paju, Paju Samneung – "three tombs" – brings together Gongneung, Sunneung and Yeongneung, which is why it is also called Gong-sun-yeong-neung. Two of them belong to the daughters of Han Myeong-hoe, the most powerfu…
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In a pine forest in Tanhyeon-myeon, Paju, lie King Injo, the 16th king of Joseon, and his first queen, Queen Inyeol. Add the story of a king who lived through the Manchu invasion and the humiliation at Samjeondo to the tale of a tomb moved…
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Hwaseokjeong is a Joseon-era pavilion on a cliff above the Imjin River at Yulgok-ri, Paju. It belonged to the family of Yi I (pen name Yulgok), one of Korea's great Confucian scholars, and a poem he is said to have written here at the age…