Expansion of Gaegyeong (c. 1026)

Name: Expansion of Gaegyeong (c. 1026)
Start: 1025
End: 1027

Type Event Region Korean Peninsula Time 1025–1027

Around 1026 under King Hyeonjong, the Goryeo capital Gaegyeong (Songak/Songgyeong) was expanded and improved, including palace repairs, wall reinforc…

Timeline

1025–1026Gaegyeong palace city · GaegyeongHyeonjong ordered repairs to Gaegyeong's palace city and central government offices, restoring buildings damaged during the Liao invasions and adjusting the layout of offices for the Six Ministries and other central agencies, strengthening the capital's function as an administrative hub.
1026–1027Gaegyeong · GoryeoGaegyeong's city walls were reinforced and repaired, and wards within the city were expanded to house officials, monk and lay populations, and commercial activity. The capital's scale and population grew significantly during the postwar recovery.

Sources

《高丽史》地理志·开城 — 郑麟趾等 (1451)
History and Structure of the Kaesong Walls — Korean National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage