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.Photo: Korearoadtour, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: fortress in Osan, South Korea
- Also known as: “Doksanseong”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sema and Byeongjeom station.
Sema
Railway station
Photo: YuggyStation, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Railway station
Photo: YuggyStation, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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
Railway station
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Seo-dong and Bongdam-eup.
Seo-dong
Quarter
Seo is a dong, or precinct, in Geumjeong-gu, Busan, South Korea. Seo-dong is situated 4 km southeast of Toksansŏng.
Bongdam-eup
Town
Photo: Jpbarrass, Public domain.
Bongdam is a town in the city of Hwaseong in South Korea. Covering over 4000 hectares, the town is the focus of a planned community, primarily as a commuter town for the bordering city of Suwon. Bongdam-eup is situated 7 km west of Toksansŏng.
Dongtan New Town
Suburb
Dongtan is a township in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi, South Korea, with many shops and restaurants. It includes four residential skyscrapers of 70–80 floors, collectively called "Metapolis", which also contains a shopping mall. Dongtan New Town is situated 7 km east of Toksansŏng.
Toksansŏng
- Categories: Korean fortress, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Osan-si, Gyeonggi, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.18237° or 37° 10′ 57″ northLongitude
127.02061° or 127° 1′ 14″ eastOpen location code
8Q9952JC+W6OpenStreetMap ID
node 8558568138OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q16094724
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Persian—“Toksansŏng” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “禿山城”
- Japanese: “禿山城”
- Korean: “독산성”
- Korean: “오산 독산성과 세마대지”
- Persian: “توکسانسونگ”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 독산 and 세마대.
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