Photo: Seoul Parks (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
Foreigners' Cemetery Park
외국인묘지공원
Park · Mapo-gu
Some 20 benches and other amenities line the paths between the graves, making this an ideal spot for a walk and quiet reflection, while the headstones introduce foreign figures who contributed to Korea's development and their stories. There are also trees more than a hundred years
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