South Korea · 16th century
Suncheon Castle ranks #3,811 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #12 of the 57 mapped in South Korea. Founded 1597, it is older than 32% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 887 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,312 times in the last 60 days, more than 58% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how South Korea compares in the castle statistics.
Suncheon Castle, also known as Suncheon Waeseong (Korean: 순천왜성), Japanese name Juntenjō (順天城), is the only remaining Japanese castle in South Jeolla Province, and the battlefield of Yi Sun-sin who tempted Konishi Yukinaga from here to Noryang Point known as Battle of Noryang Point.
Yagura (Guard Tower) : 3 at least. Moats, Gates and other structures. Date of Construction : December 2, 1597 (established). Founder : Ukita Hideie, Tōdō Takatora. Status : The 171st Jeollanamdo monument. Area : 188,428 m2.
Location : Sinseong-ri, Haeryong-myeon, Suncheon, Jeollanam-do.
The castle was built by the Japanese generals Ukita Hideie and Tōdō Takatora as an outpost during the second invasion of Korea in 1597. The castle was constructed using mud and stone with a footprint of 120,600 m2 for the outside castle (외성) 2502m for the inside castle (내성) 1342m. The site consists of 3 outside mud castles (외곽성; 토석성), 3 main stone castles (본성 석성) and 12 castle gates. It is the only castle preserved among 26 Japanese castles in the southern region.
The Japanese general Konishi Yukinaga stayed in this castle with 14,000 troops to fight on two occasions against Joseon and Ming (China) allied forces.
Text adapted from “Suncheon Castle” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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