Naseong City Wall

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Korean spelling
Korean alphabet : 부여 나성
Revised Romanization : Buyeo Naseong
McCune-Reischauer : Puyŏ Nasŏng

The city ​​wall of Naseong ( Korean : 부여 나성 ) is part of a defensive wall of the historic city of Sabi ( 사비 ), after which the Sabi period of the Kingdom of Baekje ( 백제 ), located in the southwest of the Korean Peninsula , now part of South Korea , is named .

The city wall was placed under monument protection in January 1963 with the registration number 58 as a culturally significant place of national importance in South Korea. Together with the Archaeological Site of Gwanbuk-ri , the Busosanseong Fortress and the Royal Tombs of Neungsan-ri , the city wall was added to the list of World Heritage Sites by UNESCO on July 4, 2015 under the title: “ Baekje Historic Areas ” .

geography

Map from 1872 with the palace in the middle and Mount Busosan ( 부소산 ) with the fortress above.

The city wall of Naseong runs almost 3 km east of the city center of Buyeo ( 부여 ) in north-south direction and ends not far from the river bank of the Geumgang ( 금강 ), which surrounds the city with a semicircular course on its west side. The wall has a length of 6.3 km and is part of an original 84 km long city wall that surrounded the entire city of Sabi. The part registered as a world cultural heritage has an area of ​​24.52  hectares , whereby the protection zone around the wall is a total of 93.17 hectares.

history

In 538 AD, King Seong ( 성왕 ) (523–554) moved the capital of the Baekje Kingdom from Ungjin ( 웅진 ) to Sabi ( 사비 ), today's Buyeo. Due to the constant attacks and threats from the kingdom of Goguryeo ( 고구려 ) from the north, the seat of government in the Gongsanseong fortress was no longer safe enough for him. As a result, the palace was built at the foot of Mount Busosan in Sabi, with the mountain, fortress and river as protection to the north. The mountain not only housed the fortress, but was also used as a park for the palace in times of peace and as a defensive structure only in emergencies. The Naseong City Wall was built before AD 538. The northern part of the wall lost its protective function after the fall of Baekje in 660 AD.

Archaeological research

The first archaeological excavations and investigations began in 1991 and continued with more than 17 individual excavations until 2013. Parts of the city wall, the foundation stones of individual city gates, command posts and the remains of individual buildings were exposed.

literature

  • Republic of Korea (Ed.): Nomination of Baekje Historic Areas . For Inscription on the World Heritage List . Seoul 2015, ISBN 978-89-299-0345-9 (English, online [PDF; accessed October 12, 2015] 323 MB).

Web links

  • Naseong City Wall . In: Baeje Historic Areas . Baeje Historic Areas Conservation Management Foundation,accessed October 12, 2015.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Nomination of Baekje Historic Areas . Seoul 2015, p.  134 .
  2. ↑ Baekjes historical sites listed as UNESCO World Heritage. In: Visit Korea . Korea Tourism Organization , July 8, 2015, accessed October 13, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Buyeo Naseong Fortress (UNESCO World Heritage Site) ( 부여 나성 (유네스코 세계 문화 유산) ). In: Visit Korea . Korea Tourism Organization , accessed October 13, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Nomination of Baekje Historic Areas . Seoul 2015, p.  38 .
  5. ↑ Nomination of Baekje Historic Areas . Seoul 2015, p.  13 .
  6. ↑ Nomination of Baekje Historic Areas . Seoul 2015, p.  58 .
  7. ↑ Nomination of Baekje Historic Areas . Seoul 2015, p.  85 .
  8. ↑ Nomination of Baekje Historic Areas . Seoul 2015, p.  66 .

Coordinates: 36 ° 16 ′ 40 ″  N , 126 ° 56 ′ 24 ″  E