Gwanmunseong Fortress

This mountain fortress was built in the twenty-first year of King Seongdeok of Silla (722) to protect Gyeongju from the invasions of Japanese (Wa) raiders. Its original name was Mobeolgunseong, or Mobeolgwanmun, but it came to be called Gwanmunseong Fortress during the Joseon period, a name that continues to be used today. The fortress was built facing Donghae, the East Sea, with the Ubakcheon stream running between its sections, and together with Bukhyeongsanseong Fortress, built in 673, it played a major role in defending the eastern approaches to Gyeongju. Unlike other mountain fortresses in Gyeongju, Gwanmunseong is a distinctive type built as a long wall connecting mountain to mountain, extending some 12 km in length, and for this reason it has also been called the Great Wall of Silla. Inside the fortress, traces of what appear to be gate sites, storehouse sites and building sites remain here and there. Built using well-dressed stone together with natural stone, the fortress shows a considerably more advanced method of construction than Gyeongju's Namsanseong Fortress.

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Where it is

Region

Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk

Designation

Historic Site · 사적