Hwangseoksanseong Fortress, Hamyang

A Three Kingdoms-period mountain fortress built along the ridge running down from the summit of Hwangseoksan Mountain (1,190m above sea level), enclosing a valley at a strategic point on the route to Yuksimnyeong Pass. It was repaired and rebuilt from the Goryeo period through the early Joseon period, and was also the site of a major battle during the Japanese invasions of the 1590s. The fortress walls consist partly of stone and partly of packed earth, with gates on the east, west, south, and northeast sides. Large and small buildings appear to have once stood within the fortress. According to the Dongguk yeoji seungnam, the wall at that time measured 29,240 cheok (about 8.9km) in circumference, and there was a storehouse inside. When Japanese forces invaded in the 30th year of King Seonjo (1597), Yi Won-ik, anticipating the attack, defended the fortress together with the local residents, but after Baek Sa-rim fled, the fortress ultimately fell. Even today a small valley stream inside the fortress never runs dry, showing why the site was of strategic value.

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Where it is

Region

Hamyang, Gyeongnam

Designation

Historic Site · 사적