(jeon)gumi Gangraksaji Three-story Stone Pagoda

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.1186

Category

Sites & Pagodas

Era

통일신라시대

Designated year

1993

Location

김천시, 경상북도— 경북 김천시 대항면 북암길 89, 직지사 (운수리)

Coordinates

36.116631, 128.003677

This Stone Pagoda had remained in collapsed condition at an old temple site called Gangnaksa Temple until it was moved and restored at the front yard of Seonsan-gun office, Gyeongsangbuk-do in 1968. In October 1980, it was moved again to its current location. The structure of this Pagoda shows that the 3-story pagoda body was erected on the single-story stylobate, with the head ornament added later. Each corner of the stylobate and the center of each side have a pillar-pattern carving. The body and roof of the pagoda are each made of a single piece of stone. Each corner of the body has a pillar-pattern carving. The roof stone consists of a 5-tier supporting pile, with the ridge of the roof slightly extending upward at each corner. When the pagoda was moved in 1980, the head ornament was restored by referring to a pagoda made at the same period. This Pagoda seems to have been built around the 9th century during the Unified Silla Period, judging from the upward extending of the roof, number of supporting pile stones, and details of each part of the pagoda.

Location