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Three-story Stone Pagoda of Yeongoksa Temple, Gurye

구례 연곡사 삼층석탑 ( 求禮 鷰谷寺 三層石塔 )

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Classification Treasure
Name of Cultural Properties Three-story Stone Pagoda of Yeongoksa Temple, Gurye
Quantity 1 pagoda
Designated Date 1963.01.21
Age Unified Silla
Address Yeongoksa Temple 1354, Naedong-ri, Toji-myeon, Gurye-gun, Jeollanam-do

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.