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Archaeological Site · South Korea

Left Police Bureau Site

Seoul, 28 Donhwamun-ro, Jongno-gu, South Korea

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Why pilgrims come

A sacred place worth the journey.

A civic marker at the former Left Police Bureau, one of the Joseon institutions where Catholics were detained, interrogated and killed during persecution.

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The pilgrim’s guide

What makes this visit meaningful

A civic marker at the former Left Police Bureau, one of the Joseon institutions where Catholics were detained, interrogated and killed during persecution.

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Witness under interrogation

Pause where Catholics were pressured to renounce the faith.

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Historical marker

No shrine building survives here; the pilgrimage meaning belongs to the documented events at the former bureau.