Seodaemun-gu · Religious site
Bongwonsa Temple
봉원사
Founded in 889, first raised where Yonsei now stands.
Founded in 889, the third year of Silla's Queen Jinseong, on ground where Yonsei University now stands. That it survived across more than a millennium by moving is the temple's own history.
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- Nearest station
- Dongnimmun Station · 14 min walk
- Address
- 120 Bongwonsa-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul
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