Category:Poru (Hwaseong Fortress)

The existing naming policy for Hwaseong Fortress Categories is using the Hangul Revised Romanization of the various structures. In the special case of the 10 'Poru' structures, the situation is uneasy since, for an unknown reason, the original Chinese terms 砲樓 (Pào lóu= fortified tower, blockhouse, gun tower) and 鋪樓 (pù lóu= platform, tower with a sentry post) have been alphabetized by the same Hangul 포루, generating several naming collisions. In order to treat differently the different kinds of fortification structures, the following gallery is provided for identification purpose. Click on the photo to access to the corresponding sub-category.

east:
Dong-GunTower
동砲樓

north-east:
Bukdong-GunTower
북동砲樓

north-west:
Bukseo-GunTower
북서砲樓

west:
Seo-GunTower
서砲樓

south:
Nam-GunTower
남砲樓

The five gun towers.

east1:
Dong1-SentryPost
동1鋪樓

east2:
Dong2-SentryPost
동2鋪樓

east-north:
Dongbuk-SentryPost
서북鋪樓

north:
Buk-SentryPost
북鋪樓

west:
Seo-SentryPost
서鋪樓

The five towers crowned with a sentry post.

Please put new pictures into their respective sub-category. See the authoritative Hwaseong Seongyeok Uigwe (1801) for more details.