South Korea · 16th century
Seosaengpo Castle ranks #6,931 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #21 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. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Ulsan, 19 km away. See how South Korea compares in the castle statistics.
Seosaengpo Castle (せいせいほわじょう, ソセンポわじょう, 서생포왜성) is a waeseong (Japanese-style castle) built by Katō Kiyomasa during the Imjin and Jeongyu wars, in what is now Seosaeng-myeon, Ulju-gun, Ulsan Metropolitan City, Republic of Korea.
Machine-translated from “西生浦倭城” on the Japanese Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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