Historic Site Related to Yi Sun-sin at Gwaneumpo Port, Namhae

Basic information

Designation

Historic Site No.232

Category

유적지

Era

조선시대

Designated year

1973

Location

남해군, 경상남도— 경남 남해군 고현면 차면리 산125번지

Coordinates

34.911563, 127.855196

This is the place where Admiral Yi Sun-sin died in the last great battle during the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592, better known as the naval Battle of Noryang. In the 31st year of King Seonjo’s reign (1598), the allied naval forces of Joseon and Ming China joined the final and decisive battle on the sea in front of Gwaneumpo Port, attacking the retreating Japanese force. Admiral Yi met his end by an enemy bullet during the battle. Therefore the sea in front of Gwaneumpo is known as Irakpa, which means the sea where Yi Sun-sin died, and there is the Iraksa Shrine on the facing shore. Later, in the 32nd year of King Sunjo’s reign (1832), a platform for performing ancestral sacrifices, a monument, and a pavilion to cherish the memory of Admiral Yi were erected on the order of the king. In 1965, President Park Chung-hee dedicated letter frames written by him reading "Daeseongunhae", which means “a great star has fallen into the sea” and "Iraksa" in the compound. Iraksa Shrine and the sea in front of Gwaneumpo are the actual places where the disaster of war was overcome as well as the place that commemorates the merit and loyal spirit of Yi Sun-sin, the hero of the battles during the Japanese invasion of 1592.

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