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Jinnamgwan Hall - Yeosu
Designated as National Treasure 304, Jinnamgwan Hall is the biggest regional government office of the that remains. It was built on the site of Jinhaeru Pavilion that had been used by Admiral Yi Sun-sin as the headquarters of the Left Jeolla Navy Camp during the Imjinwaeran (Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592) and burnt down during the Jeongyujaeran (second Japanese invasion of Korea in 1597). The current building was rebuilt by Lee Je-myeon, a commander of the Left Jeolla Province Naval District in 1718, two years after being burnt down. The name of the building, Jinnam, means to suppress the south Japanese invaders and to find the nation's peace. The single-story wooden building that is 15 kans (a Korean building unit of distance between two columns) across the front and 5 kans on the side is supported by 68 giant posts that are 14 meters high and 2.4 meters in circumference, revealing its splendor.
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