Places to visit in North Gyeongsang, South Korea
14 places to visit in North Gyeongsang, South Korea, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Bongjeongsa, Bulguksa, Buseoksa and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your North Gyeongsang volume.
11 UNESCO World Heritage sites · 1 Famous place to visit · 2 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in North Gyeongsang (11)
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Bongjeongsa
A Korean Buddhist temple on the slopes of Mount Cheondeung in Andong, North Gyeongsang Province, and a subsidiary temple of Gounsa. Its Geungnakjeon hall is among the oldest surviving wooden buildings in Korea, and the temple is part of a UNESCO World Heritage listing.
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Bulguksa
A Buddhist temple on the slopes of Tohamsan, in Gyeongju. It was first built in the Silla period and is known for its stone bridges and pagodas, and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Buseoksa
A Buddhist temple near the mountain Bonghwangsan in Buseok-myeon, Yeongju, founded in 676 by the scholar-monk Uisang. Its Muryangsujeon hall is among the oldest wooden buildings in Korea, and the temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Cheomseongdae
A stone tower in Gyeongju from the Silla era, often called the oldest surviving astronomical observatory in Asia. The bottle shaped tower was built in the 7th century and stands about nine metres tall.
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Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond
A former Silla palace site and garden pond in Gyeongju, also known as Anapji. The pond is lit at night, and pavilions reflect on its water; many objects from the Silla court were found here in the 1970s.
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Dosan Seowon
A Confucian academy in Andong, established in 1574 in memory of the scholar Yi Hwang, four years after his death, by some of his disciples. Yi Hwang had retired to this site to teach, and the academy is part of a UNESCO listing of Korean seowon.
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Hahoe Folk Village
A traditional village from the Joseon dynasty near Andong in North Gyeongsang Province, set in a tight bend of the Nakdong River. Its name means river that turns around. Its tiled and thatched houses are still lived in, and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Hwangnyongsa
The site of a large Silla Buddhist temple in Gyeongju, built in the 6th century. It once held a nine storey wooden pagoda, and the temple was destroyed by Mongol invaders in the 13th century. The foundations remain.
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Seokguram Grotto
A hermitage and stone grotto on Tohamsan above Gyeongju, built in the 8th century. It holds a large seated granite Buddha facing the east sea, and it is listed by UNESCO together with Bulguksa.
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Sosu Seowon
The oldest surviving seowon, or Confucian academy, in Korea. It was founded in 1543 in Yeongju by Chu Sebung and is set in a pine forest. It is part of a UNESCO World Heritage listing of seowon.
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Yangdong Folk Village
A traditional yangban village from the Joseon period in Gangdong-myeon, sixteen kilometres northeast of Gyeongju, beside the Hyeongsan River with Mount Seolchang to the north. Its tiled and thatched houses date from the 15th century onward, and it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Famous places to visit in North Gyeongsang (1)
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Ulleungdo
A volcanic island 120 kilometres off the east coast of Korea in the East Sea. Steep cliffs, small fishing harbours and a cable car climb to its peak. It is reached by ferry, and squid and mountain vegetables are local specialities.
Hidden gems in North Gyeongsang (2)
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Gatbawi
A stone seated Medicine Buddha on Gwanbong Peak of Mount Palgong, in Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang Province. It was carved in the Unified Silla era and is known by the nickname Gatbawi, meaning hat rock, for the flat stone slab on its head.
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Gyeongju National Museum
A museum in Gyeongju whose collections are largely devoted to relics of the Silla kingdom, of which Gyeongju was the capital. Its holdings include gold crowns from royal tombs and the Divine Bell of King Seongdeok.
Collecting in North Gyeongsang
What are the best places to visit in North Gyeongsang?
LOQAH lists 14 places in North Gyeongsang. The best known include Bongjeongsa, Bulguksa, Buseoksa, Cheomseongdae and Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in North Gyeongsang?
14, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in North Gyeongsang?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in North Gyeongsang before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose North Gyeongsang and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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