South Korea · 16th century
Namhae Japanese Castle ranks #8,302 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #31 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. See how South Korea compares in the castle statistics.
Namhae Castle or Namhae Waeseong (Japanese: 南海 船所倭城; Korean: 남해 선소왜성) is a waeseong or Japanese castle in Korea located on Namhaedo. It was built and used during the Imjin War (1593–1598).
Text adapted from “Namhae Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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