Trace of Baekje Palace Site

Let’s take a look at the site where the palace of Baekje existed. Based on Korea’s historical texts, which said that the palace was here, the site was excavated in 1985.

During the excavation, a large building site was discovered, and it’s the one surrounded by the fences now. Many artifacts were also found on this site, and especially, there were large numbers of Korean traditional roof tiles. Some of the roof tiles had the Chinese character ‘gung’ engraved on it, which indicated a royal palace. The excavation also included many sumaksae, which are convex roof-end tiles used to decorate the edge of eaves. The convex roof-end tiles found here had Baekje-style lotus design, which indicated high authority of the buildings.

The most noticeable heritage on this location is the site where a garden and a large pond used to be. The original shape of the pond remained relatively intact when discovered, so only the damaged parts were repaired. If you notice the shape of the pond, it is a dome shape with a wide upper part and significantly narrower bottom.

Back then, only noblemen and royal family were able to build a pond in their residences. The existence of a garden here supports the notion that the royal palace was indeed located on this site.