history

It is a gatehouse facing due south of the fortress of Kapsan township.

The Kapju manhobu (a kind of military administrative unit) was set up in the closing years of the Koryo dynasty (918-1392) in the area of Kapsan, which had previously been called Hochonbu. In 1393, there appeared the fortress.

According to historical records, the fortress had such gatehouses as Jinbuk, Puksung, Yangsang and Hapku and such pavilions as Jongwon, Irak, Yongbo and Suhang, and Jinbuk Gatehouse was the most magnificent among them.

Jinbuk Gatehouse highlights different special features of castle gate architecture in the 14th and 15th centuries.