May 18 Freedom Park

5·18 자유공원

Preserved cells and court of the old Sangmudae

Hours

Spring–autumn 9am–6pm, winter 9am–5pm; park open anytime

Address

13 Sangmu-pyeonghwa-ro, Seo-gu, Gwangju

A site that keeps the court and cells of the former Sangmudae army base. Citizens arrested after May 1980 were tried and held here. You can step inside and see the narrow cell rooms. It is a park, so you can also just stroll through; the cell experience is said to run only around May.