Hanyangdoseong
한양도성
The wall that enclosed the Joseon capital, raised in 1395 and carried along the ridgelines of Baegaksan, Naksan, Namsan and Inwangsan. Its 1963 designation as a Historic Site took in the gates, bastions, barbicans, beacon mounds and water gates as one heritage item together with the wall itself.
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Place information
- Korean name
- 한양도성
- Address
- San 1-29 Nusang-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, and other parcels
- Opening hours
- not published by the operator
- Admission
- Not published by the operator
- Area
- 639,920.58 m² · The area covered by the Historic Site designation.
- Opened
- 1395 · The year the heritage register gives as its period — the fourth year of King Taejo.
Stories about this place
- Seoul's History: From Hanyang to Modern Seoul
How a city planned in 1394 became the Seoul you are standing in. The boundary the wall drew, what happened in the middle of the old centre in the twentieth century, and the summer of 1950 when the city changed hands twice in three months.
- Seven Historic Sites in Seoul: Hanyangdoseong, Two Gates and Four Places Inside the Wall
Seoul's old city wall, two of its gates and four places inside it, set out by how each relates to the wall, whether you can go in, and whether it is worth its own slot. Three of the seven are places you enter, and two of those three are free.
Nearby Food
- Five Seoul Korean Barbecue Restaurants: Hanwoo, Galbi, Bulgogi and Pork Belly
- What the broth is made of — eight Seoul houses, seven different bases
- Northern Korean Food in Seoul: Naengmyeon, Eobok-jaengban, Mandu and Kongbiji
- Seven Seoul houses that open for breakfast — before eight in the morning
- Six Seoul houses that make the noodle by hand — kalguksu, guksi, sujebi
- Enjoying Seoul's Cafe Culture
Travel Guides
Related articles
- Changdeokgung: The Palace Joseon's Kings Actually Lived In
- Jongmyo: The Shrine That Outranked the Palace
- Gyeongbokgung: The Main Palace of Joseon
- Squid Game Filming Locations in Seoul — a Subway Platform, a Bus Terminal and a Convenience Store
- Kingdom Seoul Palace Filming Route — Three Palaces and a Shrine on Foot
- Parasite Filming Locations — a Half-Day Seoul Route, North to South
Where these facts come from
- Korea Heritage Portal — Seoul Hanyangdoseong, a Historic Site: designated 21 Jan 1963, at San 1-29 Nusang-dong and other parcels, 639,920.58㎡, dated 1395 ·
- OpenStreetMap — the Naksan stretch of the wall (historic=citywalls). 🔴 The wall exists only as per-stretch ways with no relation binding them, which is why this record carries no coordinate ·