Dalseong Park
{{Short description|Park in Daegu, South Korea}}
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| image_caption = Overview of part of the park (2016)
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| location = Jung District, Daegu, South Korea
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| created = 1905
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|designation1=Historic Sites of South Korea
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| hangul = 달성공원
| hanja = 達城公園
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Dalseong Park ({{Korean|hangul=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.
On January 21, 1963, it was designated Historic Site of South Korea No. 62.{{Cite web |title=Dalseong Fortress, Daegu - Heritage Search |url=https://english.khs.go.kr/chaen/search/selectGeneralSearchDetail.do?mn=EN_02_02&sCcebKdcd=13&ccebAsno=00620000&sCcebCtcd=22&pageIndex=1®ion=&canAsset=&ccebPcd1=&searchWrd=DALSEONG&startNum=&endNum=&stCcebAsdt=&enCcebAsdt=&canceled=&ccebKdcd=&ccebCtcd= |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=Cultural Heritage Administration |language=en}}{{Citation |last=차 |first=용걸 |script-title=ko:대구 달성 (大邱 達城) |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Korean Culture |url=https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0014072 |access-date=2025-02-12 |publisher=Academy of Korean Studies |language=ko}}
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" ({{Korean|hangul=달벌성|hanja=達伐城|mr=Talbŏlsŏng|labels=no}}); that fortress was constructed in 261 (Korean calendar). It was occupied until the early Joseon period. It has a circumference of {{Convert|1300|m|ft|abbr=on}}. It became a public park in 1905. The fortress is considered the ancestral home of the Dalseong Seo clan.
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.
Dalseong Park Zoo
Animals in the zoo's collection include Asian elephants, peacocks, Bengal tigers, llamas, wildebeests, mule deers, pronghorn antelopes, pheasants, vultures, owls, monkeys, zebras, gray wolves, a brown bear and a jaguar.
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|last=Hawkridge
|work=clairehawkridge.com
|publisher=Anticipation of Wonder
|date=24 November 2009
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