North Gyeongsang
Gyeongju-si
Guhwang-dong

Bunhwangsa

Bunhwangsa is a temple complex from the Old Silla era of Korea. It is located in . The temple is recorded to have been built in 634 under the auspices of Queen Seondeok.
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  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: Buddhist temple in South Korea
  • Also known as: “Bunhwangsa Temple”
  • Address: 분황로 94-11, 경주시, 월성동, 경상북도

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cheomseongdae Observatory and Donggung Palace and Wolji Pond.

Observatory
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Cheomseongdae is an astronomical observatory in , South Korea. Cheomseongdae is the oldest surviving astronomical observatory in Asia, and possibly even the world. is situated 1½ km southwest of Bunhwangsa.

Park
Photo: Korea Heritage Service, CC BY-SA 4.0.
are a Silla-era former palace and artificial pond in , South Korea. They were part of the palace complex of ancient Silla. is situated 1 km southwest of Bunhwangsa.

Fire station
Photo: Hyolee2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 600 metres northwest of Bunhwangsa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gyeongju and Bomun Lake Resort.

Photo: riNux, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is in province, . The capital of the Silla Kingdom for approximately the whole first millennium CE, is definitely worth visiting if you are interested in Korean history.

Locality
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The or Bomun Tourist Complex is a large tourist complex around Bomun Lake in the city of , South Korea. The resort covers the districts of Bomun-dong, Sinpyeong-dong, Amgok-dong and Cheongun-dong. is situated 5 km east of Bunhwangsa.

Town
is a myeon or a township in the administrative subdivisions of Gyeongju City, North Gyeongsang province, . It is bordered by , and Yonghwang-dong to the east, to the south, Geoncheon-eup to the southwest, Seo-myeon to the west and to the north. is situated 8 km northwest of Bunhwangsa.

Bunhwangsa

Latitude
35.84089° or 35° 50′ 27″ north
Longitude
129.23368° or 129° 14′ 1″ east
Elevation
60 metres (197 feet)
Open location code
8Q7FR6RM+9F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 479216009
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
11077466
Wiki­data ID
Q491069
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Bunhwangsa” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “芬皇寺”
  • Dutch: “Bunhwangsa”
  • German: “Bunhwangsa”
  • Hungarian: “Bunhwangsa”
  • Hungarian: “Punhvangsza”
  • Japanese: “プンファンサ”
  • Japanese: “芬皇寺”
  • Korean: “분황사”
  • Malay: “Bunhwangsa”
  • Malayalam: “ബൻവാങ്സ”
  • Polish: “Punhwang sa”
  • Russian: “Пунхванса”
  • Spanish: “Bunhwangsa”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bunhwangsa”. Photo: phploveme, CC BY-SA 3.0.