Former Shinto Shrine of Sorokdo Rehabilitation Center, Goheung

Built in 1935, this building was a Shinto shrine constructed during the Japanese colonial period to force Hansen's disease patients to perform shrine worship. It follows the form and layout of Japanese shrine architecture, and although it imitates a timber-framed style, it was actually built of reinforced concrete and brick. It consists of two structures: the baejeon (拝殿), the worship hall used for rites, and the bonjeon (本殿), the main hall in which the shintai, the object in which the deity was believed to reside, was enshrined.

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Where it is

Region

Goheung, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Registered Cultural Heritage · 국가등록문화유산