Heunginjimun

The eastern gate of the Joseon-era fortress wall of Seoul, commonly called Dongdaemun, meaning great east gate. First raised at the end of the 14th century and rebuilt in the 1860s, it is distinguished by a semicircular defensive barbican wall wrapped around its front, the only surviving example among the capital's main gates. Its multi-tiered wooden pavilion crowns an arched stone base, now marooned on a traffic island in one of the city's busiest shopping and market districts.