One of our favorite Saturday afternoon activities in walking around the Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon. It is a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site and is the only fully intact fortress wall in all of Korea! This weekend we jumped on the 66-4 bus (the 66 and 10 also make this journey) with some of our new friends, Meredith and Stuart from Portland! Pacific Northwest- woohoo! The fortress is about 5.52km around, and houses many military facilities from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). The story of why it was built is an interesting one...
The wall was built in the late 18th century by King Jeongjo of the Joseon Dynasty to honour and house the remains of his father Prince Sado, who had been murdered by being locked alive inside a rice chest by his own father King Yeongjo having failed to obey his command to commit suicide.
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