Jeoldusan Martyrs' Shrine

Seoul · South Korea

Jeoldusan Martyrs' Shrine, South Korea
Photo: Matthew smith 254, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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April–June, September–October
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$
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limited
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A Catholic shrine and memorial perched on a bluff above the Han River in western Seoul, marking a site where many believers were executed during 19th-century persecutions of Christianity. The name of the promontory translates as beheading hill. The complex holds a church, a museum of Korean Catholic history displaying relics and records of the martyrs, and outdoor statues set among gardens overlooking the water. It remains an important pilgrimage destination and a place of quiet reflection amid the surrounding riverside parkland.

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