13 Cultural Heritage Sites in Korea

1. Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon

📌 Temple in Hapcheon County, South Korea

✅ Established : 1995

✅ Haeinsa Temple’s  Janggyeongpanjeon Hall is an official archive built to safely store the 13th-century Printing Woodblocks of the Tripitaka Koreana and Miscellaneous Buddhist Scriptures, a UNESCO Memory of the World Register item.

✅ The hall is believed to have been built in the 15th century.

✅ Janggyeong Panjeon is located on the hillside of Mount Gaya, 655 meters above sea level, facing southwest.

2. Jongmyo Shrine

📌 157 Jong-ro, Hunjeong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea

✅ Established : 1995

✅ First built around the end of the 14th century, the current Jongmyo Shrine is a reconstruction built in the 17th century after the Imjin War (1592-1598).

✅ Jeongjeon Hall is the longest wooden structure in Korea. 

3. Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple

📌 ‎Gyeongju, Republic of Korea

✅ Established : 1995

✅ The Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that was inscribed in 1995.

✅ Seokguram Grotto is an artificial cave made of granite.

✅ Bulguksa Temple, literally translating to “Temple of the Land of Buddha,” was built with the aspiration for Buddha’s utopia.

4. Changdeokgung Palace Complex

📌 99 Yulgok-ro, Waryong-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea

✅ Established : 1997

✅ Changdeokgung Palace is from the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910), built in harmony with the natural environment around it. The palace is famous for its rear garden, also called Huwon