Verified fortresses in Seoul — descriptions, map and practical info.
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A short walk along Toegye-ro from Dongdaemun History & Culture Park brings you to a small gate with a single-storey pavilion standing beside the busy road. Gwanghuimun is the southeastern gate of the Seoul City Wall that enclosed Hanyang,…
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Between the apartment blocks of Pungnap-dong in Songpa-gu runs a long, grassy ridge. It looks like an embankment, but it is a massive rammed-earth wall built by the Baekje kingdom on the bank of the Han River. As excavations have continued…
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Sukjeongmun is the north gate of Hanyangdoseong, the wall that enclosed Hanyang, the Joseon capital. It is one of the four great gates together with the east, west and south gates, but it stands deep in the hills on the eastern ridge of Bu…
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Sungnyemun was the main southern gate in the wall around Hanyang, the capital of Joseon, and is commonly called Namdaemun, "Great South Gate". Standing among the office towers between Seoul Station and City Hall, it shows how the old walle…
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The Seoul City Wall (Hanyangdoseong) encircled Hanyang, the capital of the Joseon dynasty, running for about 18.6 km along the ridges of Baegak (Bugaksan), Naksan, Namsan (Mongmyeoksan) and Inwangsan. It served as the capital's wall for 51…
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On the road to Segeomjeong, a five-arched water gate and a gate with a wooden tower stand side by side over the Hongjecheon stream. Hongjimun and its wall, Tangchundaeseong, were built in the late Joseon period to close the gap between the…
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Heunginjimun, widely known as Dongdaemun ("Great East Gate"), was the main eastern gate in the wall around Hanyang, the Joseon capital. It is the only one of Seoul's eight city gates with a half-moon ongseong outer wall, and the only one w…