We came to the first historical place in Cheorwon area: it was Seungil bridge.
I did not know anything and never heard about this particular bridge until we came to Cheorwon.^^ It turned out that Cherweon had a lot of places of interest.
Along with my daughters, I was looking at the over-sized map of Cheorweon area.
So this is the Seungil bridge. NO, not the red/orange one...that is the newest bridge to replace the original one we were crossing.
This bridge was finalized in August 1948 under the North Korean Administration. But during the Korean War it was partly destroyed or at least impassable.
Until later on it was reconstructed again in 1952 with the help of US armies. Interestingly...or so I read it..the Seung-Il Bridge got its name from...
a combination of Kim il seung (North Korean Leader at that time) and Lee seung mahn (South Korean President at that time).
to...signify the irony of the North-South relation.
* Okay...we learned some historical background on our first day of trip.
Let's get narcissistic for a while, shall we?^^
I mean...what's the point of going somewhere without a slice of memorable scene, right?
승일교. Seung-Il Gyo or Seungil Bridge.
The Last Weekend of May 2013.
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