Photo: Seoul Parks (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
Gyenam Park
계남근린공원
Park · Yangcheon-gu
A place to rest. The park takes its name from Gyenam-myeon of old Bupyeong-gun, the former name of the area around Sinjeong-dong in Yangcheon-gu and Gocheok-dong in Guro-gu; Gyenam is said to mean south of Mount Gyeyang. Jeongnang Pass inside the park, from the Yangcheon-gu Office
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