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ID: 7059177
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7059177
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Sokkuram (temple)  Sokkuram (temple)

Note: Domed man-made grotto featuring large seated Buddha and relief carvings on walls; built in the 8th century; part of pilgrimage site with Pulguk-sa forms an UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Names:
Sokkuram (preferred,C,V)
Seokguram Grotto (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Han'guk (nation)  ........  Han'guk (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Seoul (special city)  ............  Seoul (special city) (P)
Hierarchy of Sokkuram (temple)  ................  Sokkuram (temple) (P)

Place Types:
temple (preferred, C)  ............  built in 8th century
cave (C)
World Heritage Site (C)  ............  since 1995

Related geographic places:
near/adjacent to ....  Pulguk-sa .......... (temple)
..............................  (World, Asia, Han'guk, Seoul) [7059173]

Sources and Contributors:
Seokguram Grotto..........  [VP Preferred]
.............................  Lowenstein and Bentley, Treasures of Buddha (2006) 145
.............................  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 27 July 2010
Sokkuram..........  [VP]
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 27 July 2010
.................  Lowenstein and Bentley, Treasures of Buddha (2006) 145
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 27 July 2010
..................  Lowenstein and Bentley, Treasures of Buddha (2006) 145
..................  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 27 July 2010
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 27 July 2010
..........  Lowenstein and Bentley, Treasures of Buddha (2006) 145
..........  UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-) accessed 27 July 2010

 

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