Pungnammun Gate 풍남문
Jeonju · Hanok Village · Sights
Pungnammun is the south gate of the old walled city of Jeonju, a two-story wooden tower on a stone base that now sits on a traffic island. The wall that once surrounded the town has long since vanished, so this single gate is the main reminder of its scale. Cars drive around it, but visitors can look up at the tiled roof and read the explanation panel beside it.
Its hours are open-air and there is no charge. The gate is lit after dark, which turns it into a quick photo stop on the walk between the Hanok Village and the night stalls of Nambu Market.
It stands at the southern edge of the Hanok Village, about five minutes' walk from Jeondong Catholic Cathedral. Nambu Market lies immediately south. (Show a driver: 풍남문)
Show this Korean name to your taxi driver or match it to signs: 풍남문
- Best time to visit
- Stop here in the evening when the tower is lit, ideally on the way to the market.
- Pair it with
- Nambu Market, Youth Mall & Night Market is right beside it, and Jeondong Catholic Cathedral and Jo Jeom-rye Namun Piseundae are a short walk.
- Great for
- Parents
- Local tip
- The surviving south gate of the old Jeonju town wall. It is lit at night and sits on the way to Nambu Market, so it makes a quick stop of a few minutes.