Buyeo Naseong (City Wall)

Basic information

Designation

Historic Site No.58

Category

Sites & Pagodas

Era

삼국시대

Designated year

1963

Location

부여군, 충청남도— 충남 부여군 부여읍 염창리 565번지

Coordinates

36.282715, 126.931093

The outer wall of the city, called Naseong, was built to protect the capital of Baekje, Sabi. The wall around Busosanseong Fortress provided the natural defense in the east-west sides, encircling Buyeo City. This is one of the oldest Naseong, with the other one in Pyeongyang. In 538 A.D., Baekje (18 B.C.-A.D. 660) moved its capital from Ungjin (present-day Gongju) to Sabi, which is now called Buyeo, requiring the construction of this defensive wall and its many guard posts. Made of packed earth from Busosanseong Fortress to the shore of Geumgang River, the wall has been so damaged but it was originally 8km long at first. The outer wall was steeply sloped, whereas the slope of the inner wall was gentle and wide enough to have a road to ride a horse. The inner wall was also guarded by guard posts on top of the wall. In the highest summit, Pilseobong, there are sites of buildings and a beacon mound to signal fire. There might have been palaces, government offices, temples, stores, houses, and defense facilities within the wall during the Baekje Dynasty. Geumgang River, flowing the south and the west of Naseong, provided a double defense system. Buyeonaseong was one of the important outer defense establishments together with the Cheongsanseong and the Cheongmasanseong Fortresses.

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