Fortress
Seocheon Geonji Mountain Fortress
🇰🇷 South Korea
Kŏnjisansŏng (Korean: 건지산성; Hanja: 乾芝山城; RR: Geonjisanseong) was a Korean fortress in Seocheon County, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. On January 21, 1963, it was made Historic Site of South Korea No. 60.
It is located on the mountain Geonjisan. It was built possibly around the Baekje period; precise dates are unknown. Excavations on it began in 1999. A building in its site from the late Joseon period was confirmed. A small Buddhist temple called Bongseosa was inside the walls.
Text adapted from “Kŏnjisansŏng” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Seocheon Geonji Mountain Fortress ranks #4,655 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #43 of the 56 mapped in South Korea. See how South Korea compares in the castle statistics.
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