Boryeong Fortress Wall

Boryeong-eupseong, the walled town of Boryeong, stood until 1400 near Guseongjae, about 1 km south of its present location, before being moved about 2 km west to Bongdangseong. In 1430 (the twelfth year of King Sejong), when new walled towns were being built to strengthen national defence, the inspector-general Choe Yun-deok selected the present site, and Bak Nul-saeng, magistrate of Seosan, and Bak Hyo-seong, magistrate of Boryeong, joined forces to complete this stone fortress. Magistrate Jeong Dae, who took office in 1431, completed a government guesthouse and 140 kan of buildings within the walls from the following year onward. The wall measures about 630 m in circumference and about 3.5 m in height, and is said to have had eight defensive platforms, three gates, two barbican enclosures, 412 bays of parapet, three wells within the walls, and a moat of some 600-odd metres. Jupo Elementary School and Boryeong Middle School now stand within the fortress, and the wall survives partly restored and partly preserved in a collapsed state. The stones of the wall are inscribed with the names of the counties that took part in its construction, including Cheonan, Danyang and Jecheon. A building surviving from that period is Haesanru Pavilion, the former main gate of Boryeong county office; its signboard is said to be in the calligraphy of Yi San-hae, pen name Agye, a native of Boryeong who served as Chief State Councillor. Ahyeonsanseong Fortress faces it from the front, and Jindangsanseong Fortress lies behind.

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Boryeong, Chungnam

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Cultural Heritage Material · 문화유산자료