Namgosanseong Fortress, Jeonju

Namgosanseong Fortress encircles Godeoksan Mountain, south of Jeonju, together with the peaks known as Cheongyeongdae, Mangyeongdae and Eokgyeongdae. To the south-east it guards an important route linking Namwon and Gochang, while to the north it commands a view over Jeonju. Tradition holds that Gyeonhwon, founder of Later Baekje, built Godeoksanseong Fortress on this site; the fortress was rebuilt in 1813, the thirteenth year of King Sunjo, and given the name Namgosanseong. Its origins are said to be very old, and it is recorded in both the Sejong sillok jiriji, the geographical appendix to the Veritable Records of King Sejong, and the Dongguk yeoji seungnam. At the time of the 1813 repair work, the fortress is said to have contained four ponds, twenty-five wells and around a hundred houses. Gates stood on the east and west, in the form of pavilion-gates of three and six bays respectively. There was a secret gate on the west side, a gun tower at each of the four cardinal points, and government offices, storehouses, a gunpowder magazine, an arsenal and various other buildings lined up within the walls. Command posts called jangdae stood at the south and north, and a temple called Namgosa stands within the fortress. The wall today measures about 5.3 km in circumference; much of it has now collapsed, and the Namgojin Sajeokbi, a monument to the fortress's history, records its story. The name was changed from Namgosanseong to Namgosanseong Fortress, Jeonju (notified 28 July 2011).

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Jeonju, Jeonbuk

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Historic Site · 사적