A VISIT TO DAEGU SOUTH KOREA BY GEORGE AND PAT PUGH

DAEGU SOUTH KOREA, KEVIN PUGH 2006
Taegu now known as Daegu is the 4th largest city in South Korea (after Seoul, Busan and Incheon). It is officially called Daegu Metropolitan City. The city is the capital of North Gyeongsang province. The most popular parks in Daegu are Apsan, a mountain with trails, Buddhist temples, a Korean War museum, and a gondola ride to the peak; Palgongsan, which houses many historic Buddhist temples including Pagyesa and Donghwasa; Dalseong Park, which sits inside a 1500-year-old earth fortress; and Duryu Park, which has many walking trails as well as a large amusement park.

Nearby tourist attractions include Haeinsa—a Buddhist temple that houses the Tripitaka Koreana (a woodblock edition of the Tripitaka and one of the world's oldest extant complete collections of the Buddhist scriptures)—and the historic city of Gyeongju, the capital of the ancient kingdom of Silla.

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