City gate
Hongjimun and Tangchundaeseong
홍지문 및 탕춘대성
About this place
Tangchundaeseong is a defensive fortress with a distinctive structure linking Hanyang's city wall to Bukhansanseong Fortress and illustrating the capital's late-Joseon defense system. Its walls follow the terrain in the defensive blind spot between the two fortifications, joining them in a form of gateway fortress. The walls extend for about 4㎞, and the interior contained the Yeonyungdae military training ground, grain stores and other facilities. Evenly sized square stones, laid in orderly courses, clearly demonstrate fortress-building techniques from Sukjong's reign. Hongjimun has a gate pavilion 3 bays wide and 2 bays deep above an arched opening, with a hipped roof like most fortress gates. The adjoining water gate, Ogansudaemun, has 5 arches serving as water passages. The fortress takes its name from Tangchundae, a terrace built under Yeonsangun on the peak east of Segeomjeong, where banquets were held; the site is now occupied by Segeomjeong Elementary School. Hongjimun was also called Hanbungmun. Hongjimun and Ogansudaemun collapsed in a flood in 1921 and were rebuilt together with Tangchundaeseong in 1977. ✨AI
- Address
- 99-7 Hongji-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul ✨AI
- Korean address
- 서울특별시 종로구 홍지동99-7
- Opening hours
- Always open
- Closed days
- Open all year
