Photo: Seoul Parks (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
Daemosan Urban Nature Park
대모산도시자연공원
Mountain & trail · Gangnam-gu
A gentle 293m hill also known as Guksubong. Its shape was likened to an old woman, so it was called Halmisan until King Taejong's Heolleung tomb was built here and a royal order renamed it Daemosan. According to long-standing local lore
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