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as bedding. The outer walls are 2430 meters long and were built in 1753; they are five to seven meters high. The outer walls feature several arch-shaped gates in the east, west, south and north; a two-storied building located at the south gate was destroyed during the Japanese occupation of the
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The walls of the fortress feature both inner and outer walls; the inner walls are 2590 meters long were reinforced in 1014–1017 with Uma Walls built during the
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The enclosed area inside the fortress has 13 ponds, 32 wells, as well as an armory, a food storehouse and barracks.
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Kingdom; the outer walls were reinforced during the
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