Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (i), (iv).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
South Korea
Inscribed
1995
List reference
736
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple is about 14 km south-east of Gyeongju. The nearest other World Heritage site is Gyeongju Historic Areas, about 10 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Gyeongju · about 155,000 peopleabout 14 km north-west
- Ulsan · about 1,061,000 peopleabout 25 km south
- Pohang · about 435,000 peopleabout 30 km north
- Daegu · about 2,460,000 peopleabout 65 km west
- Busan · about 3,480,000 peopleabout 80 km south
- Changwon · about 1,081,000 peopleabout 90 km south-west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
South KoreaCultural10 km away
South KoreaCultural23 km away
South KoreaCultural72 km away
South KoreaCultural111 km away
South KoreaCultural113 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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