Olympic Park, Seoul

Olympic Park
The park, as seen from the Lotte World Tower observation deck (2019)
Location	Songpa District, Seoul, South Korea
Coordinates	37°31′15″N 127°07′22″E / 37.5207°N 127.1227°E / 37.5207; 127.1227
Website	www.ksponco.or.kr/olympicpark/english
Korean name
Hangul	올림픽 공원
Hanja	올림픽 公園
Revised Romanization	Ollimpik Gongwon
McCune–Reischauer	Ollimp'ik Kongwŏn

Olympic Park (Korean: 올림픽 공원), short name Olpark (올팍),^[1] is an Olympic Park in Bangi-dong, Songpa District, Seoul, South Korea, opened on May 28, 1986.^[2] Built at a cost of US$ 200 million, it was built to host the 1986 Asian Games ^[2] and the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[3][2] The two nearest subway stations are Mongchontoseong and Olympic Park.

• SK Olympic Handball Gymnasium – formerly known as Olympic Fencing Gymnasium
• Olympic Gymnastics Arena
• Olympic Swimming Pool
• Olympic Tennis Courts
• Olympic Velodrome

• Olympic Weightlifting Gymnasium – currently known as Woori Art Hall
• Korea National Sports University
• Korea Skating Union
• Mongchontoseong
• Olympic Sculpture Park (It houses approximately 200 sculptures done by artists of all around the World, expressing different concepts)^{[4][unreliable source?]}
• Olympic Parktel Hotel
• Olympic Hall
• Olympic Museum
• SOMA Museum of Art
• World Peace Gate
• Flag Plaza (with the presence of the flags of the countries that competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics)^[4][5]
• Rose Park
• Waterside Stage
• Music Fountain

Built between December 31, 1986, and August 31, 1988, it was designed by the architect Kim Chung-up to celebrate the motto and the concepts from Seoul 1988 Summer Olympic Games (peace and harmony) and also to symbolize the ability of the Korean people. Alongside the pillars there are structures similar to wings, under which there's a mural called "A Painting of Four Spirits". In the mural are shown a phoenix, a turtle, a tiger and a dragon (the spirits that guard the gate) ascending towards heaven, representing the strength of Koreans and their freedom.^[4]

Under the gate is the 1988 Summer Paralympics eternal flame, as well as a declaration of peace calling for world harmony and happiness for all citizens of the world.^[4]

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  Entrance to the Olympic Park in November 2018
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  Olympic Park in October 2018
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  Olympic Park in Autumn with Reeds
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  Olympic Swimming Pool in 2020
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  The unifying United Buddy Bears exhibition was shown at the Olympic Park in Seoul in 2005.
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  World Peace Gate, Olympic Park (2018)

• Olympic Stadium (Seoul)

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• Official website