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ID: 7059177
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7059177
Record Type:
administrative
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:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Han'guk
(nation) (
P
)
............
Seoul
(special city) (
P
)
................
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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