Birthplace of Park Chung Hee
An exhibit of the birthplace and childhood home of President Park Chung Hee (Korean: 박정희 대통령 생가) is currently located in Sangmo-dong, Gumi, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea. Park was the 1963–1979 President of South Korea. The home was registered as Cultural Heritage No. 86 of North Gyeongsang on February 25, 1993.
| Birthplace of Park Chung Hee | |
|---|---|
The home; the new anbang is the red brick building (center). The thatched roof building (left) is the original sarangchae | |
| General information | |
| Address | 107 Parkchunghee-ro, Gumi, North Gyeongsang, South Korea |
| Coordinates | 36.088333°N 128.349167°E |
| Completed | 1900 or 1916 |
| Renovated | 1964 |
| Technical details | |
| Floor area | 2,672 square metres (28,760 sq ft) |
| Website | |
| presidentparkchunghee.or.kr (in Korean) | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 박정희 대통령 생가 |
| Hanja | 朴正熙 大統領 生家 |
| Revised Romanization | Bakjeonghui daetongnyeong saengga |
| McCune–Reischauer | Pakchŏnghŭi taet'ongnyŏng saengga |
The exhibit consists of a number of buildings, including an anchae, a sarangchae, and a memorial hall to Park and his wife. The anbang is undisputedly not original; it was destroyed and made into a modern brick building in 1964. The sarangchae, however, is widely described as being original, although the historian Chong-Sik Lee felt that it was restored in an inauthentic manner.
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