Janggwancheong, Gijang

Janggwancheong, Gijang, together with the Janggwancheong of Dongnae-bu (a Busan Metropolitan City-designated Tangible Cultural Heritage), is a rare surviving example nationwide of an office building used by janggwan, military officers stationed at a local government seat. Built as a simple gultodori-style structure, in which round purlins rest directly on the columns without elaborate bracketing, in the tradition established from the mid-Joseon period onward, it commands great architectural-historical interest and possesses outstanding heritage value. As one of the very few surviving building remains showing the character of government-office architecture in the Busan and Gijang region during the late Joseon period, it is a precious architectural heritage that fully embodies the historical significance of Gijang-gun, a strategic stronghold on Korea's south-eastern coast.

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Where it is

Region

Gijang, Busan

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산