Three-story Stone Pagoda of Yeongoksa Temple, Gurye

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.151

Category

Sites & Pagodas

Era

통일신라시대

Designated year

1963

Location

구례군, 전라남도— 전라남도 구례군 피아골로 774(토지면, 연곡사)

Coordinates

35.254506, 127.587401

This stone pagoda, located just south of the Buddhist sanctuary at Yeongoksa Temple, consists of a three-story main body and a three-layer stylobate. The four corners and the middle of each layer of the stylobate are engraved with pillar patterns. Each of the core stones of the main body and the roof stone is hewn from one stone. All the corners of the core stone of each story are also engraved with pillar patterns. The roof stones have four-tiered cornices and the eaves are horizontal. The roof stone slopes gently, before turning swiftly upwards at the corners. As the top layer of the stylobate is very wide, the core stone of the main body looks relatively small. But the pagoda tapers in size from the bottom to the top smoothly, giving the pagoda a stable appearance. Judging from the stone structure of the pagoda, it is presumed to have been built during the late Unified Silla Period. During the restoration of the collapsed roof stone of the third story in 1967, a standing bronze Buddha was discovered inside the upper layer of the stylobate.

Location