Seongpungsaji Five-story Stone Pagoda, Yeongam

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.1118

Category

Sites & Pagodas

Era

고려전기

Designated year

1992

Location

영암군, 전라남도— 전남 영암군 영암읍 용흥리 533-1번지

Coordinates

34.791119, 126.704177

This five-story pagoda, standing on the former site of Seongpungsa Temple, consists of a two-story platform and a five-story body. Pillar designs are carved on the corners and the middle of the four sides on each platform. The pagoda body was set up by piling up stories, with every roofstone and body each made of a single piece of stone. The body of every story has carvings of pillar design at the corners, as if actual pillars support the roofstones. Each roofstone, made of thin stone plates, is propped by four-story supports up to the third story and by three-story supports on the fourth and fifth stories. The eaves have four-pointed corners stretching upward. Only the base of the finial ornaments and a semi-spherical ornament at the lower section of the finial remain today. Based on the artifacts discovered inside this pagoda, it was first established in 1009 (12th year of the reign of King Mokjong of the Goryeo Dynasty). It remained in collapsed state until its restoration in 1986. Usually, very few stone pagodas have a record as to when it was built; note, however, that this pagoda has a record that enables finding out exactly when it was built, and it was also restored perfectly.

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