Naju-mok Sanaea

The Naju-mok Sanaea was the residence of the mok, the local magistrate dispatched to Naju-mok during the Joseon period; the building itself was named Geumhakheon. It stands about 65m west of Jeongsuru, which served as the main gate of the dongheon, the hall where the magistrate conducted official business. There is no record of when it was built, but since the gate house beside the main gate is believed to date from 1892, the 29th year of Emperor Gojong, the residence itself is thought to have been built in the 19th century. It is a U-shaped building with a toekan, a narrow bay along the front eaves, three kan wide at the front, of which only the main hall and gate house survive today. The roof is a hipped-and-gabled paljak roof, forming the shape of the character 八 (eight) when seen from the side. Since the Japanese colonial period it has been used as the residence of the county magistrate, and in the process it has lost much of its original form. The Naju-mok Sanaea survives today together with the Guest House, where tablets representing the king and the royal court were enshrined and bows were made toward the palace on the first and fifteenth day of each month, and with the amunnu gate pavilion, making it valuable material for studying the original form of local government office architecture.

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Where it is

Region

Naju, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료