Found the Original Form of the Fortress Wall at Buyeo Garimseong

Discovery of Initial City Walls and Stone Drainage Channels by Baekje Ancient City Cultural Foundation

Traces of Baekje using Buyeo Garimseong as the gateway to the Sabi Capital have been confirmed. On the 20th, the Cultural Heritage Administration announced that the Baekje Ancient Capital Cultural Foundation discovered the original fortress walls and stone drainage channels during the 8th excavation survey. The investigated fortress walls are located on the northern slope of Seongheungsan Mountain, surrounding a deep valley section. The Baekje Ancient Capital Cultural Foundation expanded the investigation range from outside to inside the fortress and confirmed the walls first constructed during the Baekje period. Additionally, they found evidence of the walls being repaired more than five times and continuous construction of facilities on the inside. A Cultural Heritage Administration official explained, "Before building the walls, soil and stones were filled into the valley to level it, and the original terrain of the slope was evened out using the civil engineering techniques of the time." They added, "It seems that the foundation work was carried out extensively, including the inner side of the fortress and its surroundings."

The outer wall of the original fortress was constructed by processing granite. Soil was filled on the inner side. This is called the naetak-style (內托式) construction method. The size is up to 5.2 meters in height and 12 meters in width (based on the outer wall surface). The Baekje Ancient Capital Cultural Foundation also confirmed a stone drainage channel constructed parallel to the fortress wall at the inner edge of the wall. Its form was identical to that found at Busosanseong Fortress. The channel is 0.9 to 1 meter wide, with stones set upright to form walls, and flat stones laid on the interior floor. A Cultural Heritage Administration official commented, "It is significant in confirming Baekje civil engineering techniques and the dynamic changes of Garimseong."

Garimseong is a stone fortress mountain built by Baekje in the 23rd year of King Dongseong's reign (501) to defend the capital Sabi. Among the fortress sites constructed by Baekje, it is the only one where the old place name and construction date have been confirmed.

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