4 attractions in Wanju, including Daedunsan, Moaksan Mountain and Wibongsanseong Fortress, Wanju. Map, details and practical tips before you go.
Mountains & peaks
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Grey rock pinnacles stand layered like a folding screen, and a red suspension bridge hangs in the air between them. Daedunsan straddles Nonsan and Geumsan in South Chungcheong and Wanju in North Jeolla. At 878 m it is not high, but thanks…
Mountains & peaks
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Where Jeonju, Gimje and Wanju meet, Moaksan rises to 793 m. Standing alone at the eastern edge of the vast Gimje plain, its summit looks out over the whole Honam lowland. True to its name, "Mother Mountain", it shelters a wide family of te…
Fortresses
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In Soyang-myeon, Wanju, just north of Jeonju, Wibongsanseong is a mountain fortress built to protect the symbols of the Joseon dynasty in wartime. It was meant as a refuge for the portrait of King Taejo and the spirit tablets of his ancest…
Churches & monasteries
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Deep in a valley of Bulmyeongsan Mountain in Wanju, a small temple sits on a rocky ledge above a waterfall, almost tucked out of sight. Hwaamsa is modest in size, yet it holds the only building in Korea that still uses the ha-ang bracket s…