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Seonamammun (Southwestern Secret Gate)
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Maik
May 31, 2018
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Fort Hwaseong has five secret gates, one of which is the beautiful Seonamammun Gate (Southwestern Secret Gate).
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A secret entrance, called ammun in Korean, was an emergency passage used to bring supplies and food into the fortress, without being noticed by the enemy. In Hwaseong Fortress, there were a total of five secret entrances.
The Southwestern Secret Entrance leads to the Southwestern Corner Pavilion, not to the outside of the fortress. Unlike the other secret entrances of Hwaseong Fortress, a guard post was built on top of this secret entrance, so that soldiers could stay here to guard the southwestern area of the
The Southwestern Secret Entrance leads to the Southwestern Corner Pavilion, not to the outside of the fortress. Unlike the other secret entrances of Hwaseong Fortress, a guard post was built on top of this secret entrance, so that soldiers could stay here to guard the southwestern area of the
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