Jongum Gate
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The gate served as a rally point from which soldiers and residents of Pyongyang fought the Japanese invaders during the Imjin Patriotic War (1592–1598). When the Pyongyang castle was rebuilt in 1714, the gate was renovated into an arch and the pavilion above the entrance was rebuilt. The gate was destroyed by US bombing during the Korean War; it was restored in 1959.[2]
The structure used to be the southern gate of the Northern Fort in Pyongyang during the Koguryŏ period. It offers access to the ferry in the Taedong River.[3]