Dosan Seowon
Dosan Seowon was established in 1574 in what is present day Andong, South Korea, in memory of and four years after the death of Korean Confucian scholar Yi Hwang by some of his disciples and other Korean Confucian authorities.
Photo: Uriah923, Public domain.- Type: Heritage site
- Description: seowon (private confucian academy)
- Also known as: “Tosansŏwŏn”
Dosan Seowon
- Categories: seowon, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Dosan-myeon, Andong-si, North Gyeongsang, South Korea, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
36.72717° or 36° 43′ 38″ north
Longitude
128.84352° or 128° 50′ 37″ east
Open location code
8Q8CPRGV+VC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=heritage
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Dosan Seowon” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “陶山书院”
- Chinese: “陶山書院”
- Czech: “Tosansowon”
- French: “Dosan Seowon”
- Japanese: “陶山書院”
- Korean: “도산서원”
- Korean: “안동 도산서원”
- Persian: “دوسان سوون”
- Russian: “Тосан Совон”
- Slovenian: “Dosan Sovon”
- Vietnamese: “Dosan Seowon”
- Yue Chinese: “陶山書院”
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Highlights include Dosan Seowon Confucian Academy and 퇴계종택.
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