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TOP SIGHTS
OLYMPIC PARK
This large and pleasant park, a focus of the 1988 Olympics, also contains the remains of the Mongchon-toseong
(Mongchon Fortress), an earth rampart surrounded by a moat, built in the 3rd century AD during the Baekje dyn-
asty. Walk along the top of the old ramparts and learn more about them in a new museum.
History Museums
admission free; 9am-9pm Tue-Fri, 9am-6pm Sat & Sun)
illuminates the history and culture of
Hanseong (18 BC-AD 475), when this part of Seoul was the capital of the Baekje king-
dom. Displays spread across three floors surround a full-scale model of workers construct-
ing an earth rampart.
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has some precious golden relics of the Baekje kings and the usual dull pots.