Chungjangsa (Shrine) 충장사

Chungjangsa Shrine of General Kim Deokryeong

Chungjangsa is the ancestral shrine of Chungjang-gong. There is an exhibition hall displaying the general coffin and grave clothes (folk property No.111), a pond and the management office on about a 5-acre lot. Deokryeong Kim who bravely and successfully led the loyal army in the war against the Japanese during the Joseon dynasty. After the war, he was falsely accused as a traitor and received a dead sentence at the age of 29.

• Address : 1023, Geumgok-dong, Buk-gu, Gwangju
• Tel : 062-266-6355
• Operation hours : 9:00 am ~ 6:00 pm, 9:00 am ~ 5:00 pm in Winter Season
• Bus Stop: 1187, 187