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Jinju Castle
 Location
: Namseong Dong – Bonseong Dong, Jinju Si
Designated No : No 118
Historical place.
It was designated as
No 118 Historical place on January 21st 1963, and sometime called
Chokeoungru. It was originally the place of Keoyeol castle and
had been repaired 7 times during the period of King Gongmin in Goryeo
dynasty and was used for the camp to defend Japanese
attack. The inner circumference of it is 1.7km and the outer circumference
is about 4km.
This place was the battle
field in which general Si Min Kim had got a victory, one of three
great victories during Japanese invasion in 1592, over Japanese,
and 60 thousand solders and citizens died tragically to defend here
when Japanese invaded again in June of 1593, in which
Nongae committed suicide by drowning in Nam river with holding Japanese
general in her arms.
According to records,
General Su Il Lee moved his camp into the inside of castle in 1605(the
38th year of King Seonjo) and built internal castle to complement
the demerit of it, too broad castle, for effective defense which
divided it into outer castle based on Choksukru, the surrounding
of present Jinju park, and inner castle based on the surrounding
of present Seongnae dong. After that, general Tae
Her Kim extended 12 batteries in 1607, and general Ey Hong
Nam had made a lot of effort to repair and extend this castle
in 1618 ( 10th year od King Kwanghaegun). These efforts are assumed
to shape present Jinju castle.
Jinyang lake
 Location:
The confluence between Kyeongho river and Dukcheon river.
Established year : 1962
– 1965 ( Extended in 1999)
Size: Length –
1,126m, Height – 34m, Holding capacity – 309.2 million
ton.
It is an artificial lake
made by Nam river dam, built in 1970, blocking the inflow of Nam
river, and is located at the confluence between
Kyeongho river and Dukcheon river. The water are being used for
adjusting floods, irrigation water and farming in the surrounding
areas, and this lake became sightseeing resort with it’s clean
water and beautiful landscapes in Jinju Si.
There are a lot of entertaining
facilities such as ferry, water advertisement center, zoo, park
for children, hotel, inn and restaurant. The parking lot available
to accommodate 400 cars, zoo and the park for children is paid for
the admittance, but water advertisement center is free.
It can be accessed by
the urban bus starting from inter-city bus terminal or highway bus
terminal, by private car within 20 minutes from Sachun airport, by private
car 2 minutes from Seo Jinju interchange of Highway.
Eugseoksa in Giphyeon mountain
 Location
: 734, Jeongpyeong Ri, Giphyeon Myun, Jinju Si, Gyeongnam
Designated No : No 161
Traditional temple
Designated date: November
13.1998.
It was built in the 15th
year of King Jinhueng(554), the 24th king of Shinla dynasty, in
which some priests of virtue including
Mugak, Noiwong, Jigong had studied here. putting up the ridge beam
was done in the 1st year of Genryung (1736) and repaired
in the 3rd year of Gangmu (1899)
It has improved the condition
of surroundings and built accessory constructions including Iljumun
and Yosache. Now, it is proud of excellent landscape and
features as a traditional temple.
※ Cultural asset in the temple
- Soapberry
tree : No 96 remembrance in Gyeongsangnam do( Designated on January
16. 1990)
- Main
temple : No 141 Tangible cultural properties ( Designated on April
15.1976)
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