Places worth visiting
518 Freedom Park
- Location
Address: 13 Sangmupyeonghwa-ro, Seo-gu, Gwangju (Chipyeong-dong)
Neighboring attractions: Sangmu Citizen's Park, Sangmu Golf Driving Range - Park size and facilities
Total area: 33,058 ㎡ (area with electricity)
Facilities
- 518 Memorial Cultural Center ※ Wheelchair available
- Protection facilities (8 buildings): courthouse, military prison, military police headquarters, company barrack, etc.
- Exhibits: 518 development process, truth investigation progress data, etc.
Features
- 518 Freedom Park, which was built on about 10,000 pyeong area following the development of Sangmu New City, is a place where the military courts and prisons where citizens who participated in the uprising in the 1980s were detained, tried, and imprisoned were restored and reproduced in their original form.
Opening hours
- 09 : 00 ~ 18 : 00 (Spring~Autumn)
- 09 : 00 ~ 17 : 00 (Winter)
