Toksansŏng

Toksansŏng or Doksan Fortress is an early modern Korean hill fort located in Osan, South Korea. It is notable for the Siege of Toksan in 1593, during which the Japanese attacking forces failed to defeat general Gwon Yul in the Imjin War.

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Type: Castle
Description: fortress in Osan, South Korea
Also known as: “Doksanseong”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sema and Byeongjeom station.

Sema

Metro station

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Sema station is a station on Seoul Subway Line 1 in the city of Osan, South Korea. Services on the Gyeongbu Line also pass through this station. Sema is situated 2 km east of Toksansŏng.

Byeongjeom station

Metro station

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Byeongjeom station is a station on Line 1 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. It is the only train station serving the city of Hwaseong. It is the southern terminal station for approximately half of the subway trains on this line who then carry on to the nearby depot, one of the five depots on Line 1, with the remainder continuing to Cheonan or Sinchang Station. Byeongjeom station is situated 3 km north of Toksansŏng.

Seodongtan

Metro station

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Seodongtan Station is a station on Line 1 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway. It serves the cities of Hwaseong and Osan in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. The station takes its name from its local area of the city of Hwaseong, but straddles the border with Osan, in which it is mostly located and its postal address lies. Seodongtan is situated 3 km northeast of Toksansŏng.