The
Fortress site of Jwasuyeong is located in Suyeong-dong,
Suyeong-guSuyeong-gu is a gu in central Busan Metropolitan City, the Republic of Korea. It has a population density of about .Suyeong-gu was created in 1995 following its separation from Nam-gu. It is border in the North-East by the Suyeonggang . The line 2 of Busan Subway runs through Suyeong-gu with 5...
, Busan Metropolitan City, the Republic of Korea.
The Fortress site of Jwasuyeong is the site of the main fortress of the Gyeongsangjwado naval forces during the
JoseonJoseon , was a Korean sovereign state founded by Taejo Yi Seong-gye that lasted for approximately five centuries. It was founded in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo Kingdom at what is today the city of Kaesong...
period. At one time, seven naval ports with a total of 65 battle ships and 40 auxiliary vessels were under its command and charged with the defense of the east coast area.
The command post was first located at Busanpo, then relocated at Gaeunpo at
UlsanUlsan, officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's seventh largest metropolis with a population of over 1.1 million. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring Busan to the south and facing the Sea of Japan to the east.Ulsan is the industrial powerhouse of South...
, and immediately before the Japanese Invasions of 1592, was moved to this place.
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Fortress site of Jwasuyeong is located in Suyeong-dong,
Suyeong-guSuyeong-gu is a gu in central Busan Metropolitan City, the Republic of Korea. It has a population density of about .Suyeong-gu was created in 1995 following its separation from Nam-gu. It is border in the North-East by the Suyeonggang . The line 2 of Busan Subway runs through Suyeong-gu with 5...
, Busan Metropolitan City, the Republic of Korea.
The Fortress site of Jwasuyeong is the site of the main fortress of the Gyeongsangjwado naval forces during the
JoseonJoseon , was a Korean sovereign state founded by Taejo Yi Seong-gye that lasted for approximately five centuries. It was founded in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo Kingdom at what is today the city of Kaesong...
period. At one time, seven naval ports with a total of 65 battle ships and 40 auxiliary vessels were under its command and charged with the defense of the east coast area.
The command post was first located at Busanpo, then relocated at Gaeunpo at
UlsanUlsan, officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's seventh largest metropolis with a population of over 1.1 million. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring Busan to the south and facing the Sea of Japan to the east.Ulsan is the industrial powerhouse of South...
, and immediately before the Japanese Invasions of 1592, was moved to this place. It was moved to Gammanipo during the reign of
King InjoInjo of Joseon was the sixteenth king of the Korean Joseon Dynasty. He was the grandson of Seonjo. King Injo was king during both the first and second Manchu invasions, which ended with the surrender of Joseon to the Qing Dynasty in 1636.-Birth and Background:King Injo was born in 1595 as a son...
, and moved back here in 1652, the third year of the reign of
King HyojongKing Hyojong was the seventeenth king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea from 1649-1659. He is best known for his plan for invading Qing dynasty China and his campaigns against the Russian Empire by the request of Qing Dynasty...
. Thereafter, it remained at this site, until the naval forces were disbanded in the overall reformation of the military systems in 1895.
The time of the original construction of the wall-fortress here is not known, but the wall-fortress to which the existing remains belong seems to have been built after the relocation of the headquarters to this place in 1652. At that time, the wall-fortress was 2,784 meters in circumference and 4 meters in height. It had three wells, four gates, four drain-outlets and a number of small bulwarks along the wall.
Most of the facilities have been ruined due to the lack of proper care during the
Japanese OccupationKorea was under Japanese rule as part of Japan's 35-year imperialist expansion . Formally, Japanese rule ended on September 2, 1945 upon the Japanese defeat in World War II in 1945....
(1910-45) and there remain only parts of the wall, the arched south gate, and drain-outlets.