South Korea · 16th century
Gupo Waeseong ranks #8,666 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #34 of the 57 mapped in South Korea. Founded 1593, it is older than 32% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 887 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. 6 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Busan, 7 km away. See how South Korea compares in the castle statistics.
Gupo Waeseong (くぽうぇそん, Kādokai Castle) is a waeseong built in the 2nd year of Bunroku in Buk-gu, Busan Metropolitan City, South Korea. Its alternative names are Gamdongpo Castle and Gupo Uiseong. Today it is a castle ruin.
Machine-translated from “亀浦倭城” on the Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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