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Busosanseong Fortress in Buyeo(ݦáÌߣàò)
Address : San4, Ssangbuk-ri, Buyeo-eup, Buyeo-gun, Chungcheongnam-do
Classification : Historic Sites 5
Manager : Buyeo-gun (T. 041-830-2241~2245)


This fortress, Busosanseong, is also called Sabiseong or Soburiseong because it was designed to protect Sabi, the capital of the Baekje Kingdom. Built in the 16th year of King Seong's reign (538) of Baekje, the fortress surrounds Mt. Busosan, hence the name. Some historians believe that the fortress was already there by the 22nd year of King Dongseongwang's reign (500), and reconstructed in the 6th year of King Muwang's reign (605) into the form we see today.
The sites of three main gates of the fortress are still there, and inside the fortress one can face a number of famous historic sites such as a military depot, Nakhwaam Cliff, Sabiru Pavilion, Yeongillu Pavilion and Goransa Temple. Historians believe that the Baekje kings and aristocracy used the fortress not just for military purposes but, in peaceful times, as a pleasure park.
As the last stronghold of the Baekje Kingdom during the Sabi Age, which was to end with the collapse of the kingdom itself, the fortress is a precious material for the study on the development of Korean fortresses.