Site of the Monument for the Victory at Hwangsan Battle, Namwon

Basic information

Designation

Historic Site No.104

Category

유적지

Era

조선 선조 10년(1577)

Designated year

1963

Location

남원시, 전북특별자치도— 전북 남원시 운봉읍 가산화수길 84 (화수리)

Coordinates

35.457938, 127.561496

Here stands the stele for a successful battle with Yi Seong-gye repelling the Japanese army at Hwangsan Mountain in the late Goryeo Dynasty. The sweeping victory at Hwangsan Mountain is a well-known battle historically; thus, to hand down the fact in history, the stele for the decisive victory was erected in the tenth year of the reign of King Seonjo (1577). At the time the stele was erected, a pavilion and a cottage were built particularly to protect the monument but were lost by the Japanese in 1945; thus, only the parts remain. The present stele was rebuilt in 1957. A red gate with spiked top, the hall housing the stele, the stone-wall, and an annex were newly decorated in 1973.

Location