A Seoul shrine commemorating Roman Catholic martyrs in Korea visited by Pope Francis in August 2014 will be renovated into a history and culture park.

The Jung District of Seoul announced on Monday a 46-billion-won project to cultivate the Seosomun Martyrs' Shrine as a history and culture park that presents social and cultural aspects of the late Joseon Dynasty.

A space to honor the memory of the martyrs will also be created underground of the park.

The shrine was built in the area where followers of the Roman Catholic Church, including scholars of Silhak, or the Realist School of Confucianism, were executed because of their faith during the Joseon Dynasty.

The district plans to hold the groundbreaking ceremony for the park on Wednesday, which will be attended by the Catholic Church's Archbishop of Seoul, Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung.