Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
A World Heritage Site in South Korea, inscribed in 1995 as a Cultural Site. This page summarises the key facts: inscription year, category and location.
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Key facts
- Country
- South Korea
- Region
- Asia and the Pacific
- Inscribed
- 1995
- Category
- Cultural Site
- Criteria
- (i)(iv)
- Component parts
- 1
- Coordinates
- 35.7915, 129.3490
- UNESCO ID
- 736
Source: factual data from UNESCO DataHub (whc001 / CC BY-SA 4.0). This site uses only factual information such as names, countries, inscription years and categories. No official UNESCO/WHC descriptions, photographs or logos are used.
Names in other languages
- French
- Grotte de Seokguram et temple Bulguksa
- Spanish
- Gruta de Seokguram y templo de Bulguksa
- Chinese
- 石窟庵和佛国寺
Other World Heritage Sites in South Korea
- Baekje Historic Areas (2015)
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex (1997)
- Gaya Tumuli (2023)
- Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats (Phase II) (2021)
- Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites (2000)
- Gyeongju Historic Areas (2000)
- Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks (1995)
- Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong (2010)
- Hwaseong Fortress (1997)
- Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes (2007)
- Jongmyo Shrine (1995)
- Namhansanseong (2014)
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