Castle
Namsansinseong
🇰🇷 South Korea
Namsansinseong (Korean: 남산신성; Hanja: 南山新城) was a Silla-era Korean fortress located on the mountain Namsan in what is now Gyeongju, South Korea. On January 21, 1963, its location was made Historic Site of South Korea No. 22.
According to the Samguk sagi, it was built in 591 (Korean calendar), during the reign of King Jinpyeong. It was significantly renovated in 679, during the reign of King Munmu.
Its history is documented in 9 steles that have been discovered between 1935 and 1994. Currently much of the fortress is in ruins; parts of the wall remain.
Text adapted from “Namsansinseong” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Namsansinseong ranks #4,494 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #28 of the 56 mapped in South Korea. See how South Korea compares in the castle statistics.
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