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◟Seoul Grand Park◝

The Seoul Grand Park is the first and largest theme park in Korea with a zoo and a botanical garden. It's located at the foot of Cheonggye mountain in the city of Gwacheon. In 1984, the park was opened after all the animals were transferred from the Changgyeong Palace. Along with the main attraction, Seoul Zoo, there's also a rose garden, children's zoo, Seoul Land (a theme park), and the National Museum of Contemporary Art with a large lake in the middle of everything.

The history of the Seoul Grand Park goes back more than a hundred years when Korea was under Japanese rule. In 1909, the Japanese dug up the the historic Changgyeong Palace and built a zoo on the site. The name of the palace was downgraded to 'Changgyeong Park'. Even after the liberation of the Changgyeong Palace, it was still used as a zoo until 1980. In 1980, the palace was restored to its original state and the animals were transferred to the Seoul Zoo at Seoul Grand Park. The Seoul Grand Park Zoo opened in 2009 for its 100th anniversary. The name was changed to Seoul Zoo. They transformed the zoo into a place where animals and visitors can have an enjoyable experience.

The botanical garden is the largest in Korea. Tropical plants, a cactus garden, orchids, and other plants are in the greenhouse and over 250 kinds of plants native to Korea are in the outdoor garden. The species exhibition room has the plants organized by type. Visitors can walk down the 7.4km long forest path around the zoo and freely enjoy the aroma of nature. The mountain forest exhibition that is near the zoo entrance exhibits trees, grass, insects, mushrooms, and birds in all shapes and sizes.

At the opposite side of the Seoul Zoo entrance, there's a theme garden which contains the rose garden and children's zoo. At the children's zoo, visitors can get close to sheep, rabbits, black goats, ponies, squirrels, parrots, and other animals.

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