Songjeong 5-Day Market
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Getting there · Parking
On market days, lots near the market fill up quickly. Fees are the registered base rates and may have changed. Parking data: Public Data Portal, National Parking Lot Standard Data.
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Market days from public data (as of 2025-11-10). Dates are calculated, so please double-check before you go.
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About the market
- History
- Opened in 1964.
- Type
- A 5-day market held on dates ending in 3·8.
- Shops
- About 147 permanent shops (not counting market-day stalls)
- What's sold
- Agricultural products, Livestock products, Seafood, Processed foods, Clothing, Shoes, Household goods, Restaurants
- Facilities
- Parking: yes · Public restroom: yes
Source: Public Data Portal, National Traditional Market Standard Data
🗺️ Market and sightseeing · Suggested route
Markets are busiest in the morning. This is a rough route based on straight-line distance, starting at the market and moving farther out. Check real roads and times with the directions for each leg.
- 🧺Songjeong 5-Day MarketMorning · Browse the market, have lunch at the food stalls
- 🚗 390m straight-line · about 5 min by car (estimate) Get directions1Songjeong Small Art Museum
- 📜 HistoryAn art museum opened through the Gwangju Songjeong Station area urban regeneration project.
- 👀 HighlightsIt offers attractions that lead Songjeong Station visitors on to the 1913 Market and nearby alley shops.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for up to 3 cars, and restrooms are available.
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광주송정역세권 도시재생사업으로 개관한 미술관으로써, 광산 송정역세권의 입지적 특성을 고려하여 송정역 이용객들이 1913시장, 골목상권으로 유입될 수 있도록 볼 거리 제공하고 지역의 인문 문화와 어우러지고 시민이 함께하는 열린 공간으로 운영
- Designated a tourist site in 2021
- Parking for 3 cars
- Facilities: Restrooms
- Contact 062-960-3688
- 🚗 1.6km straight-line · about 5 min by car (estimate) Get directions2Birthplace of Yonga
- 📜 HistoryThe birthplace of Park Yong-cheol, a pioneer in the development of Korean lyric poetry, designated as a tourist site in 1986.
- 👀 HighlightsTour the birthplace of Park Yong-cheol, a literary coterie member who worked with Kim Yeong-nang, Jeong Ji-yong and Jeong In-bo.
- 💡 Good to knowRestrooms are provided.
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김영랑·정지용·정인보 등과 문학 동인으로 활동하였던, 한국 서정시 발전에 선구적 역할을 한 용아 박용철(1904∼1938) 선생의 생가이다.
- Designated a tourist site in 1986
- Facilities: Restrooms
- Contact 062-960-3827
- 🚗 504m straight-line · about 5 min by car (estimate) Get directions3Sochon Art Factory
- 📜 HistoryGwangju's first cultural regeneration facility in an industrial complex, opened in 2015 by renovating an air-raid shelter and disused containers.
- 👀 HighlightsLook around the Cube Art Museum, ARKO Performance Practice Center and U-Know Yunho's small library HUG.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for up to 23 cars, with restrooms and a parking lot.
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광주 최초의 산업단지 문화재생시설인 소촌아트팩토리는 낡고 오래된 민방위비상대피시설(방공호)과 아시아문화중심도시 홍보관(아시아문화마루)으로 사용되었던 폐컨테이너를 조합해 리뉴얼한 복합문화공간이다.2015년 개관하였으며 큐브미술관, 아르코공연연습센터, 유노윤호 작은도서관 HUG및 부대시설 등을 갖추고 있다. 오랫동안 쓸모없이 방치되었던 유휴공간이 문화예술 콘텐츠 융합을 통해 시민들의 일상을 풍요롭게 하는 혁신공간으로 재탄생한 것이다.
- Designated a tourist site in 2015
- Parking for 23 cars
- Facilities: Restrooms, Parking
- Contact 062-960-3688
Source: National Tourist Attraction Standard Data
Summaries were written by AI from public data and may contain mistakes. Please confirm important details in the original or on site.
📍 Nearby sights
- 📜 HistoryAn art museum opened through the Gwangju Songjeong Station area urban regeneration project.
- 👀 HighlightsIt offers attractions that lead Songjeong Station visitors on to the 1913 Market and nearby alley shops.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for up to 3 cars, and restrooms are available.
Show original description (Korean)Hide original
광주송정역세권 도시재생사업으로 개관한 미술관으로써, 광산 송정역세권의 입지적 특성을 고려하여 송정역 이용객들이 1913시장, 골목상권으로 유입될 수 있도록 볼 거리 제공하고 지역의 인문 문화와 어우러지고 시민이 함께하는 열린 공간으로 운영
- Designated a tourist site in 2021
- Parking for 3 cars
- Facilities: Restrooms
- Contact 062-960-3688
- 📜 HistoryThe birthplace of Park Yong-cheol, a pioneer in the development of Korean lyric poetry, designated as a tourist site in 1986.
- 👀 HighlightsTour the birthplace of Park Yong-cheol, a literary coterie member who worked with Kim Yeong-nang, Jeong Ji-yong and Jeong In-bo.
- 💡 Good to knowRestrooms are provided.
Show original description (Korean)Hide original
김영랑·정지용·정인보 등과 문학 동인으로 활동하였던, 한국 서정시 발전에 선구적 역할을 한 용아 박용철(1904∼1938) 선생의 생가이다.
- Designated a tourist site in 1986
- Facilities: Restrooms
- Contact 062-960-3827
- 📜 HistoryGwangju's first cultural regeneration facility in an industrial complex, opened in 2015 by renovating an air-raid shelter and disused containers.
- 👀 HighlightsLook around the Cube Art Museum, ARKO Performance Practice Center and U-Know Yunho's small library HUG.
- 💡 Good to knowParking for up to 23 cars, with restrooms and a parking lot.
Show original description (Korean)Hide original
광주 최초의 산업단지 문화재생시설인 소촌아트팩토리는 낡고 오래된 민방위비상대피시설(방공호)과 아시아문화중심도시 홍보관(아시아문화마루)으로 사용되었던 폐컨테이너를 조합해 리뉴얼한 복합문화공간이다.2015년 개관하였으며 큐브미술관, 아르코공연연습센터, 유노윤호 작은도서관 HUG및 부대시설 등을 갖추고 있다. 오랫동안 쓸모없이 방치되었던 유휴공간이 문화예술 콘텐츠 융합을 통해 시민들의 일상을 풍요롭게 하는 혁신공간으로 재탄생한 것이다.
- Designated a tourist site in 2015
- Parking for 23 cars
- Facilities: Restrooms, Parking
- Contact 062-960-3688
- 📜 HistoryOne of five small contactless galleries created to support artists affected by COVID-19.
- 👀 HighlightsEnjoy the artworks at leisure on an evening stroll through an open outdoor park.
- 💡 Good to knowIt operates in the evening, so it is good to drop by after work, but there are no amenities.
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코로나19 팬데믹으로 위축된 예술인들의 활동을 장려하고 대중 속에서 꽃피는 전시문화를 위해, 주민들이 즐겨 찾는 거점공간에 비대면 간이 미술관 5개소를 조성 및 운영하고있습니다. 별밤미술관은 탁 트인 야외 공원에 위치하고 있고 저녁 시간에 운영하기 때문에 직장에 다니거나 일을 하느라 바쁜 일상에서 일부러 시간을 낼 필요도 없습니다. 퇴근 후 동네 공원에서 산책하시거나 운동하시면서 좋은 작품을 여유롭게 즐기시기만 하면 됩니다.
- Designated a tourist site in 2021
- Contact 062-960-3689
Source: National Tourist Attraction Standard Data
Summaries were written by AI from public data and may contain mistakes. Please confirm important details in the original or on site.
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