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Geumjeongsanseong (Korean: 금정산성; lit. Geungjeong Mountain Fortress) is the largest mountain fortress in the Republic of Korea today. It is located on Geumjeongsan in the Busan Metropolitan City.
- 1703; rebuilt in 1707, 1807, 1972, 1974 and 1989
- 1703–1895
- 1.5–3m
- during the Japanese Occupation
Geumjeongsanseong Fortress, with a circumference of 18,845 meters along the ridges and valleys of Geumjeongsan Mountain, is a large-scale fortress built during the Joseon dynasty between 1701 and 1703. The fortress is accompanied by Geumjeongsanseong Village and is known for producing Sanseong makg.
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- What to Know About Beomosa Temple
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- What to Know About Hiking from Beomeosa Temple to Geumjeong Fortress
- A Chance Encounter with The Cats of Mount Geumjeongsan
- What You Need to Do About Hiking Mount Geumjeongsan
Getting to Mount Geumjeongsan and to Beomeosa temple is quite easy. The journey to get to Mount Geumjeongsan from our hotel in Haeundae is simple. The simplest way is to head to Beomosa Temple. Take the subway to the Beomosa stationon Busan’s subway line 1. Once you get there, jump onto bus number 90 and get off at the Beomeosa Ticket Office Bus St...
Beomosa Templeis also known as the temple of the Nirvana fish, which is a pretty cool name if you ask me! It was built in 678 and for a fee, you can stay here with the resident monks to get the full experience. Also pretty cool! The temple itself was really nice, especially on a nice sunny day like we had. All the colorful lanterns were gently rock...
From Beomosa Temple, there is a nice hike up to Geumjeong Fortress. The hike was supposed to take roughly an hour, so we said: “why not give it a go”and see what this fortress is all about! Another hiking adventure! After taking in the sights at the temple, we set off on our hike up Mount Geumjeongsan. We left the temple and followed the little sig...
Once we reached the north gate of Geumjeong Fortress, a few things dawned on us. The first was that this fortress was literally just a long wall that served as a naval base centuries ago. It has one gates, one at each compass point. On the hike up Mount Geumjeongsan, you will run into only one of the gates. Parts of the fortress walls are still ver...
Along the way, we started to notice something out of the ordinary. At first, we saw a stray cat and tried to lure it to us. Being cat lovers, this always happens. We miss our cat Jax, so any chance we have to get a little cat love in we take. But as we kept climbing, we started to notice more cats. And more cats. Oh, and MORE cats. They were everyw...
All in all, it probably took us about 3-4 hours to do the hike (counting the mediation and the cat-loving). It’s not at all a hard or steep a hike. It can easily be done if you are a beginner, the trail is well-maintained, groomed, and has a small incline, most of the time. The end of the hike up the mountain has stairs, so if you take your time, y...
Recent reviews of 금정산성 in Dongnae-gu, Busan, South Korea, highlight the beautiful hike along a centuries-old mountain fortress. The trail is popular, especially on weekends, with the highlight being the climb to Guemjeongsan Peak, where hundreds of people gather.
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- Dongnae-gu, Busan, South Korea
An escape from the hustle and bustle of Busan, South Korea’s second-largest city, Geumjeongsanseong Fortress makes for an easy half-day hike. You can explore streams and ponds, rock caves and granite peaks, and thickly forested hills, enjoying stunning panoramic views overlooking the countryside and the city of Busan.
Geumjeongsanseong Fortress East Gate - Beomeosa (금정산성 동문 - 범어사) Geumjeongsan is a mountain loved by many Busan citizens and has many attractions and various hiking trails. This course is one of the most popular, starting at East Gate (동문)/Sanseonggogae Pass (산성고개) and climbing to Geumjeongsan's highest peak ...
Geumjeong Fortress consists of four gates and 17km of stone walls encircling 8 sq km of mountaintop. Not all is lost, though, because this is where you’ll find some of the city’s best hiking, and the opportunity to see Korean hikers sporting the very latest in alpine fashion.
