Dalseong Park

Dalseong Park (Korean: 달성공원) is a park located in Jung District, Daegu, South Korea. The park includes Gwanpungnu Pavilion, a local history hall, a zoo, and some monuments.

Dalseong Park
Overview of part of the park (2016)
Location	Jung District, Daegu, South Korea
Created	1905
Designation
Historic Sites of South Korea
Official name	Dalseong Fortress, Daegu
Designated	1963-01-21
Reference no.	62
Korean name
Hangul	달성공원
Hanja	達城公園
Revised Romanization	Dalseong gongwon
McCune–Reischauer	Talsŏng kongwŏn

On January 21, 1963, it was designated Historic Site of South Korea No. 62.^[1][2]

History

The park was originally a fortress called Dalseong. It was built on a low hill. The site of the fortress had an Iron Age settlement on it. The fortress was constructed during the Three Kingdoms of Korea period. It is believed that it is mentioned in the Samguk sagi as "Dalbeolseong" (달벌성; 達伐城; Talbŏlsŏng); that fortress was constructed in 261 (Korean calendar). It was occupied until the early Joseon period. It has a circumference of 1,300 m (4,300 ft). It became a public park in 1905. The fortress is considered the ancestral home of the Dalseong Seo clan.^[2]

During the Sino-Japanese war in 1894–1895 the land was used as a Japanese military base. It was renovated to its current form in 1965.^[3][4]

Dalseong Park Zoo

Animals in the zoo's collection include Asian elephants,^[5] peacocks, Bengal tigers, llamas, wildebeests, pronghorn antelopes, pheasants, vultures, owls, monkeys, zebras, gray wolves, a brown bear and a jaguar.^[6]