Yangnim-dong Missionary Cemetery (양림동 선교사 묘지)
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77, Jejung-ro, Nam-gu, Gwangju
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Yangnim-dong Missionary Cemetery (양림동 선교사 묘지)
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www.namgu.gwangju.kr (Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
- overview
The Yangnim-dong Missionary Cemetery is the final resting place of 23 missionaries who brought Christianity to Gwangju and led the movement to free the nation from under Japanese colonial rule. Yangnim-dong in Gwangju Metropolitan City was the main area in which Priest Bae Yu-ji and Dr. Clement Owen carried out their work as the first missionaries to Jeollanam-do.
As part of his outreach, Priest Bae Yu-ji established the Jennie Speer Memorial School for Girls. Dr. Owen dedicated himself to serving the church and providing medical care along with his wife, who was a nurse.
Located nearby is a monument dedicated to Priest Bae Yu-ji and the Owen Memorial Building, built in honor of Dr. Owen and his grandfather. Both memorials are cultural assets and particularly prized by locals of the Christian faith.
- infocenter
• 1330 Travel Hotline: +82-2-1330
(Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese)
• For more info: +82-62-607-2333
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- Yangnim-dong Missionary Cemetery (양림동 선교사 묘지)
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