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Namhansanseong
Namhansanseong is a mountain fortress south-east of Seoul, rebuilt in its present form in the 1620s as an emergency refuge for the Joseon court. During the Manchu invasion of 1636 King Injo took shelter there and withstood a siege of some forty-seven days before surrendering to the Qing in early 1637. Its walls, gates and temples survive, and it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Namhansanseong. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/namhansanseong
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