Dalseong Park

Dalseong Park
The park in 2014
Map
LocationJung District, Daegu, South Korea
Created1905
Korean name
Hangul
달성공원
Hanja
Revised RomanizationDalseong gongwon
McCune–ReischauerTalsŏng kongwŏn

Dalseong Park (Korean: 달성공원) is a park located in Jung District, Daegu, South Korea. The park includes Gwanpungnu Pavilion, a local history hall, a zoo, and some monuments.

History

The park is located inside the oldest earthen fortification in Korea, dating from about 261 C.E. (during the Three Kingdoms period). During the Sino-Japanese war in 1894–1895 the land was used as a Japanese military base. The park was created in 1905, and was renovated to its current form in 1965.[1][2]

Dalseong Park Zoo

Animals at the zoo include Asian elephants,[3] peacocks, Bengal tigers, a brown bear, llamas, pheasants, vultures, owls, monkeys, zebras, wolves, and a jaguar.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ "Daegu Dalseong Park". VisitKorea.or.kr. Korean Tourism Organization. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Dalseong Park". ieetu.com. Colorful Daegu. Retrieved 12 September 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Daegu Dalseong Park Zoo in South Korea". elephant.se. Elephant Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 18 August 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  4. ^ Hawkridge, Claire (24 November 2009). "Dalseong Park – a sort of kind of zoo". clairehawkridge.com. Anticipation of Wonder. Retrieved 12 September 2011.

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