Bongeunsa (Seoul)
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Korea (South) /
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Samseong-dong, 73
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Bongeunsa is a Korean Buddhist temple adjacent to the COEX Mall in Seoul, South Korea.
Bongeunsa was founded in 794 and was reconstructed in 1498 becoming the main temple of the Korean Seon (Zen) sect of Buddhism from 1551 through 1936.
A fire in 1939 destroyed most of the buildings, and other parts of the temple were destroyed during the Korean War. One of the halls which did escaped destruction during the Korean War continues to hold the woodblock carvings of the Flower Garland Sutra, 봉, completed in 1855.
The temple rebuilt and today is a thriving complex in the center of Seoul.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongeunsa
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 37°30'54"N 127°3'25"E
- Jeondeungsa (전등사) 52 km
- Mitasa 86 km
- Bongamsa 124 km
- Guinsa 137 km
- Yongmunsa 145 km
- Naksan Temple (Naksansa), near Sokcho, Yangyang County, Gangwon-do 154 km
- Buseoksa (천은사) 155 km
- Manggyeongsa 163 km
- Bongjeongsa (봉정사) 172 km
- Site of Kumgang Temple 204 km
- Samseong-dong 0.2 km
- Seonjeongneung (Three Royal Tombs) Park 1 km
- Cheongdam-dong 1.2 km
- Daechi-dong 1.9 km
- Ttukseom Resort 2 km
- Yeoksam-dong 2.3 km
- Jayang-dong 2.5 km
- Jamsil-dong 2.6 km
- Apgujeong-dong 2.9 km
- Sincheon-dong 3.3 km