Tag: architecture
Sigiriya: Lion’s Rock
Gangnam’s Luxury Street
Changdeokgung Palace: Seoul’s Secret Garden
Incheon Chinatown
Gaemi Maeul: Seoul’s colourful ant village
Sinsa Dong, My Lovely
Samcheong Dong: Just Splendid
Busan: Why You Have To Go
Gyeongju
N Seoul Tower
Hwaseong Fortress
Bongeunsa Temple in Gangnam

Bongeunsa Temple is a Zen Buddhist temple that was founded in 794AD by monk Yeon-hoe, who was the highest ranking monk of the Silla dynasty at the time. Nowadays, its location seems quite incongruous among the surrounding high-rise buildings of Gangnam, which tower above it. It is directly opposite COEX Mall…