Jeondeungsa
Jeondeungsa is a Buddhist temple located on Ganghwa Island, Incheon, South Korea. It is the oldest extant Buddhist temple in the entire Korean peninsula, having been founded in the year 381, during the Goguryeo period.Photo: Dalgial, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jeondeungsa
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: temple
- Categories: Korean Buddhist temple, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Gilsang-myeon, Ganghwa-gun, Incheon, Gyeonggi, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
37.63193° or 37° 37′ 55″ northLongitude
126.48493° or 126° 29′ 6″ eastElevation
61 metres (200 feet)Open location code
8Q98JFJM+QXOpenStreetMap ID
way 566303059OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
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In Other Languages
From French to Korean—“Jeondeungsa” goes by many names.
- French: “Jeondeungsa”
- Hebrew: “ג’אונדאונסגה”
- Hebrew: “צ’ונדונגסה”
- Japanese: “伝燈寺”
- Korean: “전등사”
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