Geumseong Mountain Fortress

담양 금성산성

One of Honam's three great mountain fortresses, with Damyang below

Hours

Open at all times

Tickets

Free

Address

San 198-1 Dorim-ri, Yong-myeon, on the Geumseongsan ridge

A stone fortress along the Geumseongsan ridge, counted as one of the three great mountain fortresses of the Honam region. It was first built in the Three Kingdoms era and rebuilt after the Imjin War, then burned in the 1894 Donghak uprising. Only four gates give access. From the top you see the Damyang plain, Mudeungsan, Chuwolsan and Damyang Lake. A full circuit of the walls takes around two hours, a short loop about one.