Chŏngrim Temple

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Chŏngrim Temple

temple, Puyŏ, South Korea

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Korean architecture
The Three Kingdoms period (57 bce–668 ce)
…in the five-story pagoda of Chŏngrim Temple in Puyŏ. The square pagoda stands on the elevated platform of granite, and each story is capped by a thin roof stone with projecting eaves. The stories diminish progressively in size as they go upward, forming a characteristic slender and stabilized type from…
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…in the five-story pagoda of Chŏngrim Temple in Puyŏ. The square pagoda stands on the elevated platform of granite, and each story is capped by a thin roof stone with projecting eaves. The stories diminish progressively in size as they go upward, forming a characteristic slender and stabilized type from…
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