Three-story Stone Pagoda in Sincheon-ri, Yeonggwang

This three-storey stone pagoda remains on the old site of Iheungsa Temple. The date of the temple's founding and its original scale are unknown, but it is thought to have survived in some form until around the 18th century, in the late Joseon period. The pagoda consists of a three-storey body set on a two-tier base; at the top only the support stone that once held the finial ornament survives. The body stones and roof stones of each storey were carved from separate blocks, and the roof stones are thick, with steeply sloping eaves. When the pagoda was dismantled and repaired in 1995, the lower tier of the base, which had been buried underground, was exposed, restoring the pagoda's original appearance. Thought to have been built in the early Goryeo period, the pagoda has two central pillar-shaped carvings on the lower tier of the base and one on the upper tier, a feature that appears to carry on the stone-pagoda style of the Unified Silla period.

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Yeonggwang, Jeonnam & Gwangju

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Treasure · 보물