Korean Seowon Academies
Also known as Seowon, Korean Neo-Confucian Academies
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criterion (iii).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
South Korea
Inscribed
2019
Area
102 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Korean Seowon Academies is about 20 km north-east of Andong. The nearest other World Heritage site is Hahoe and Yangdong, about 35 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Andong · about 129,000 peopleabout 20 km south-west
- Pohang · about 435,000 peopleabout 90 km south-east
- Daegu · about 2,460,000 peopleabout 100 km south
- Gyeongju · about 155,000 peopleabout 100 km south
- Wonju · about 243,000 peopleabout 110 km north-west
- Gangneung · about 181,000 peopleabout 110 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
South KoreaCultural36 km away
South KoreaCultural63 km away
South KoreaCultural110 km away
South KoreaCultural115 km away
South KoreaCultural123 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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