Fortress
Geumjeongsanseong
🇰🇷 South Korea · 18th century
Geumjeongsanseong (Korean: 금정산성; Hanja: 金井山城; lit. 'Geumjeong Mountain Fortress') is a Joseon-era Korean fortress on the mountain Geumjeongsan in Busan, South Korea. It is the largest fortress in Korea.
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Geumjeongsanseong ranks #3,185 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #12 of the 56 mapped in South Korea. Founded 1703, it is older than 24% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 329 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. See how South Korea compares in the castle statistics.
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