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.