Bukhansanseong

The Bukhansanseong is a fort positioned in Gyeonggi-do and Seoul, South Korea, relationship again to the center Joseon duration. The gift fortress became completed in 1711, although plans for the shape date lower back to 1659. The call is also given to a castle noted in the Samguk Sagi, constructed by way of Gaeru of Baekje in 132 CE, and the two are frequently conflated although the putative connection is contested.

The current Bukhansanseong changed into built to guard the technique to Seoul, filling a gap in Korea's defences that had come to be apparent throughout the second one Manchu invasion of 1636 and the earlier Imjin War. The Bukhansanseong become used as a royal retreat in emergencies, and incorporates one hundred twenty rooms. It become first constructed in 132 CE with the aid of Gaeru of state of Baekje. During Baekje generation, this fortress became used for the defense of the capital while Baekje installation its capital at Wiryeseong Fortress in Hanam.