East Asia
North Korea
North Hamgyong

Kaesim Temple

Kaesim-sa is a Korean Buddhist temple located in the , North Hamgyong Province, . Founded in 826 under the Palhae kingdom and restored in 1377 by the Koryo dynasty, the temple long served as a religious retreat.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Buddhist temple
  • Description: Buddhist temple in North Korea
  • Also known as: “Kaesimsa”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chilbosan.

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Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, or Mount Chilbo, is a mountain in , North Korea. The name translates as seven treasures, stemming from the legend that Chilbo-san has seven treasures buried in it.

Kaesim Temple

Latitude
41.0537° or 41° 3′ 13″ north
Longitude
129.59684° or 129° 35′ 49″ east
Open location code
8QHF3H3W+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2450567404
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q4896106
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Polish—“Kaesim Temple” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “开心寺”
  • Chinese: “開心寺”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كيسيمسا”
  • Japanese: “開心寺”
  • Korean: “개심사”
  • Polish: “Kaesim sa”

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Highlights include 신명천 and Myongchon station.

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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 “Kaesim Temple”. Photo: Nicor, CC BY-SA 3.0.