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Buseoksa Temple
A temple people come back to · Yeongju, South Korea
Photo: Bernard Gagnon · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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The experience
A 676 AD Silla-era temple stacked up the slope of Sobaeksan, crowned by Muryangsujeon — one of Korea's oldest wooden halls — and the legendary 'floating stone' beside it. From the top terraces, grey tiled rooftops cascade toward layered mountain horizons.
UNESCO-listed yet far from any KTX city, it draws a fraction of the crowds of Bulguksa — buses from Punggi run infrequently and foreign visitors are rare.
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Where it is
Yeongju, South Korea · North Gyeongsang. Coordinates from the listing we sourced it from.
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