Gwangyang-si Initiates Efforts to Utilize Registered Cultural Properties as Tourism Resources

Published 25 Apr.2022 14:57(KST)

Gwangyang Gu Jinwol Myeonsamuso Renovation Project

Gwangyang-si Initiates Efforts to Utilize Registered Cultural Properties as Tourism Resources

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] Gwangyang City in Jeollanam-do announced that it will begin the full-scale restoration of the old Jinwol-myeon Office in Gwangyang, which was designated as a national registered cultural heritage site in 2018.

According to the city, it has secured 440 million KRW in national and provincial funds this year to carry out the restoration project to utilize the old Jinwol-myeon Office as a tourism resource.

The old Jinwol-myeon Office in Gwangyang is a small-scale government office building constructed in the 1950s. Its wooden truss roof structure has well preserved its original form, and the stone sculptural treatment at the main entrance creates a unique facade composition, making it a valuable modern architectural heritage worthy of preservation.

Additionally, the structure consists of a single-story masonry building with a wooden truss roof. Before the 1970s, it was used as the civil affairs office and the chief’s office of Jinwol-myeon, and currently, after the construction of a new Jinwol-myeon Office, it is used as an auxiliary flood control equipment warehouse.

This year, the city will promote the restoration project of the old Jinwol-myeon Office, and starting next year, with provincial support, plans to develop the old Jinwol-myeon Office into a tourism resource by renovating it into the Seonso Memorial Hall along with the Seonso archaeological site.

Meanwhile, nearby is the Jeong Byeong-wook House, a national registered cultural heritage site preserving the posthumous works of Yun Dong-ju, as well as the Mujeop Island Yun Dong-ju Poetry Monument Park, Mangdeok Port Beach Road, and Baedo Island Garden, where visitors can experience the history, culture, and flavors of Gwangyang.

Tak Young-hee, head of the Culture and Arts Division, said, “The old Jinwol-myeon Office in Gwangyang is a precious cultural asset, and we will develop it as a cultural tourism resource linked with the historical and cultural heritage along the Seomjin River.”