Discover places worth seeing — from historic sites to mountain trails.
Selected city: 담양군
Gardens & parks
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Tucked into a small valley behind Husan village in Damyang's Goseo-myeon, Myeongokheon is a garden from the Joseon dynasty. Old crape myrtles ring a square pond, so in midsummer pink petals drift onto the water while you look down on the s…
Gardens & parks
담양군
Walk through a bamboo grove and you reach a low earth-and-stone wall with a mountain stream flowing right underneath it. On either side of the water stand a small pavilion and a modest house. Soswaewon in Damyang is a garden laid out in th…
Historic sites & memorials
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On a low rise at the foot of Jebongsan in Damyang, a small pavilion open on all sides looks out over the fields. This is Myeonangjeong, built by the mid-Joseon official Song Sun after he left office. Scholars such as Yi Hwang (Toegye) visi…
Gardens & parks
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Right next to the centre of Damyang, a whole hillside is covered in bamboo. Juknokwon is a bamboo garden that Damyang County planted across Seonginsan and opened in May 2003, with walking paths winding between stems so tall and straight th…
Mountains & peaks
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Rising over Damyangho Lake north of Damyang, Chuwolsan is only a little over 700 m high, but its sheer rock walls and dense pine forest make it feel far wilder than its height suggests. People come for Boriam, a small hermitage perched on…