Photo: Seoul Parks (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
Culture and Arts Park
문화예술공원
Park · Seocho-gu
Laid out in Zone 3 of Maeheon Citizens' Forest, the Culture and Arts Park broke ground in March 1993 and was completed in October 1994. Used by some 140,000 people a year, it is a valued patch of green in the city. The lawn plaza at its center (35
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Nearby in Seocho-gu
Yangjae Citizens' Forest (Maeheon Citizens' Forest)
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