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Hwaseong Fortress

Walled city built at Suwon in under three years by King Jeongjo, to honour his executed father and to prepare a move of the capital. Designed by the Silhak scholar Chŏng Yagyong with cranes and pulleys of his own devising, and documented so exactly that the record allowed a faithful rebuild after war damage.

Dated events and their evidence

• 1794 CE mainstream
  construction begins under King Jeongjo source
• 1796 CE mainstream
  fortress completed source
• 1801 CE mainstream
  Hwaseong Seongyeok Uigwe records the works in full detail source
• 1997 CE mainstream
  inscribed as a World Heritage site source

Where

37.2722° N, 127.0083° E

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hwaseong_Fortress

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