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{{Short description|Ancient wall in Seoul, South Korea}}

{{Infobox historic site
|name=Pungnaptoseong
|image=Pungnap Toseong.jpg
|caption=The remains of earthen ramparts of Pungnaptoseong (widely believed to be the site of [[Wiryeseong]]) (May 2004).
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|mapframe=yes
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|designation1=Historic Sites of South Korea
|designation1_offname=Earthen Fortification in Pungnap-dong, Seoul
|designation1_number=11
|designation1_date=1963-01-21
|embedded={{Infobox Korean name
|hangul=풍납동토성
|hanja=風納洞土城
|rr=Pungnaptoseong
|mr=P'ungnapt'osŏng
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}}

'''Pungnaptoseong''' ({{Korean|hangul=풍납토성|hanja=風納土城}}) is a flat earthen wall built at the edge of the [[Han River (Korea)|Han River]] in modern-day [[Pungnap-dong]], [[Songpa-gu]], [[Seoul]], South Korea. It has a circumference of 3.5&nbsp;km. It used to be included in the neighboring city of [[Gwangju (Gyeonggi)|Gwangju]].  It has a long oval shape, spreading to north and south, and leaning slightly toward the east.  Based on research conducted during the Japanese occupation, it has been speculated that Pungnap Toseong was Hanam [[Wiryeseong]], the first capital of [[Baekje]].<ref name="encyber">{{cite web |url=http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=19087&contentno=19087 |script-title=ko:광주풍납리토성(廣州風納里土城) |publisher=[[Doosan Encyclopedia]] |accessdate=2008-04-16 |language=Korean |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725024237/http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=19087&contentno=19087 |archive-date=2008-07-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Only 2.7&nbsp;km of its walls remain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.visitseoul.net/en/m/article/article.do?_method=view&m&p=02&menu=0004003002017&art_id=535&searchLoca&searchTheme=0002000001003&flag&searchType|title=Pungnap-toseong (Earthen Ramparts)|publisher=[[Seoul Metropolitan Government]]|accessdate=2014-02-07|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140222005911/http://m.visitseoul.net/en/m/article/article.do?_method=view&m&p=02&menu=0004003002017&art_id=535&searchLoca&searchTheme=0002000001003&flag&searchType|archive-date=2014-02-22|url-status=dead}}</ref> Including the west wall, which had been destroyed by flooding, its circumference reaches about 3.5&nbsp;km and its area nearly 859,508&nbsp;m<sup>2</sup>. After constructing this central part, the inner wall, mainly composed of sandy soil, grit, clayish soil and muddy soil, was set up by heaping earth at a slant. On the top of the last earthen layer of the inner wall, pebbles were laid in three layers and trimmed stones were piled up inside 1.5&nbsp;m high with mud prepared from natural soil, and by piling up the central part in trapezoid shape whose lower part is 7m wide and 5m high.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==See also==
* [[List of Baekje-related topics]]
* [[Baekje]]

==External links==
* {{commons category-inline|Seoul Pungnap-dong Toseong}}


{{Castles in South Korea}}

[[Category:Archaeological sites in South Korea]]
[[Category:Historic Sites of South Korea]]
[[Category:Castles in South Korea]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures of Baekje]]
[[Category:Songpa District]]

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