Jeoldusan Korean Martyrs Museum

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“Sew the wounds deep in the wounds”
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The deeper the wound is, the more the trace is engraved on the body. If you can't heal yourself and borrow the power of medicine, the traces remain more detailed and remind you of the pain of that time. This is the 'Korean Catholic Martyrs Museum' that I will introduce today.
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The peak along the Han River in Hapjeong-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul is named 'Jamdu-bong' because it resembles the head of a silkworm. However, there is another name for this place, which is more familiar to us.
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'Joldusan Mountain'
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This mountain, which has a 'temple' to cut off and a 'du' for its head, was said to have had a deep wound that could not be healed in 1866, can you guess the origin of its name? This is a heartbreaking place where as many as 8,000 people were massacred as a martyr where Catholics were executed during the Byeongin Persecution.
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As much as the pain of history, Jamdubong itself has scratches and cuts here and there. Subway Line 2 connects Gangbyeonbuk-ro, which runs from east to west, and Hapjeong Station and Dangsan Station, which run from north to south. Two thick lines split and split the mountain, showing the scars of history and place.
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Just like the 'Namyang St. Mary's Shrine', 'Seosomun History Park' and 'Myeongrye Holy Land', which remembered the victims of the Byeongin persecution and turned the fatal site into a holy place, the 'Korea Catholic Martyrs Museum' also established Jeoldusan as a holy site for Catholic martyrdom. To this end, a monument to the holy martyrdom, a memorial, and an outdoor pilgrimage site were built and created. However, unlike the aforementioned space, there was a homework that had to be solved first.
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Before the design began, the top priority was to restore the Jeoldusan Mountain. The appearance of Jeoldusan Mountain was not good enough for a pilgrimage site, so the Gangbyeonbuk-ro area was underground so that citizens could easily access Jeoldusan Mountain. Then, thanks to the design of the memorial in a way that does not damage the topography as much as possible, the coolly stretched roof with beautiful curves covers the pain of the land and history.
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The accumulation of memories and material histories of places accumulated as time passes in the 'Korean Catholic Martyrs Museum' has made it a holy martyrdom in name and reality, with more than 300,000 martyrs visiting each year, but there are many parts to be repaired and repaired. The exhibition space is limited compared to the increasing number of exhibits, and various facilities and facilities are needed as they age. Now, it was time for a major repair work to the point where the time it had endured with small repairs was insignificant.
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The ceiling was able to be demolished thanks to the reorganization and relocation of the ceiling fixtures, which had taken up a large part of the existing space. Thanks to this, a floor height of over 5m was secured, and the exposed frame creates a rhythm and dynamically transforms a static space. Here, the skylight that subtly illuminates the interior meets with carbonized wood to breathe life into the exhibition space.
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The double-story exhibition bridge, which could be installed by securing the floor height, filled the insufficient exhibition space and was used as an object of space when the user was on the first floor and as a functional element to view the exhibition when on the second floor, further enhancing the space. make it rich
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Outside, the green trees and grass exude the green scent to their heart's content, while inside the memorial hall, it exudes the comfortable and old-fashioned scent of carbonized wood. Therefore, this is a space that captures the traces of time, heals deep wounds, shows us the scars, and reminds us of the pain of that time.
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This is the 'Korean Catholic Martyrs Museum'.
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#A space that gives you a good _experience
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6, Tojeong-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul
Daily 09:30 - 17:00 (Closed on Mondays)