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A double-walled stone mountain fortress in Geumosan Provincial Park (금오산도립공원)
A double-walled stone fortress
First, what kind of fortress is it?
Geumosanseong is a double-walled stone fortress built on Geumosan Mountain (금오산) in the late Goryeo period. It lies inside Geumosan Provincial Park (금오산도립공원).
The outer wall stands about 350 m above sea level, about halfway along the cable car line between the entrance of Geumosan and Daehye Falls (대혜폭포). The inner wall runs along the ridges around a basin inside the fortress, about 850 m above sea level.
No written record tells exactly when the fortress was first built.
As Japanese pirates (왜구) raided deep inland again and again, people from nearby Seonsan, Indong, Gaeryeong and Seongju are said to have fled to Geumosan, built the fortress and had soldiers guard it. A military storehouse for food and weapons is also said to have been kept here.
1410 · 1413
Repairs are recorded in 1410 in the Annals of King Taejong (태종실록) and in 1413 in the Gyeongsang-do Sokchan Jiriji (경상도속찬지리지). After that, there are no written records for about 180 years.
In 1595 a request was made to repair Geumosanseong and Cheonsaengsanseong (천생산성) and make them a major garrison. That November, Yi Won-ik (이원익), the dochechalsa (도체찰사), told the Border Defense Council that Geumo, Cheonsaeng and other mountain fortresses should be defended first. Over 1595 and 1596 the fortresses were repaired, their palisades strengthened and their troops reinforced, and records say that in the Jeongyu War (정유재란) of 1597 Japanese forces could not easily take them.
Designation & management
1639
17th year of King Injo
An extension project added the outer wall, and the fortress became double-walled.
1868
5th year of King Gojong
The fortress was rebuilt.
Outer wall (외성, 外城)
about 350 m above sea level
About halfway along the cable car line
Inner wall (내성, 內城)
about 850 m above sea level
On the ridges around the basin inside
For comparisonPeak of Geumosan (금오산)
976 m above sea level
The fortress walls wrap around the summit area and valleys of Geumosan in two rings, inner and outer.
How to get here
Take bus 27 to the “Geumosan (금오산)” stop, then hike about 30 minutes.
| Address | San 33, Namtong-dong, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-doKorean address (for taxis and car navigation)경북 구미시 남통동 산 33 |
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| Phone (inquiries) | +82-54-450-6063 Phone numbers may change. Please check before you visit. |
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