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Banghaejeong Pavilion - 방해정 (放海亭) (built 1859 onward)
This pavilion was constructed by the retired official Yi Bonggu in 1859 on the site of Inwolsa, an ancient temple of the Three Kingdoms period (57 B.C.-A.D. 668). It is said that Yi demolished part of a government guest house to use the timbers for the pavilion. The L-shaped structure with a hipped-and-gabled roof has ondol (heated floor) rooms and a kitchen. It was renovated in 1940 Yi Geunu, a descendant of Yi Bonggu, and renovated again in 1975.
Address: 강원 강릉시 저동 8 (Gangwon-do, Gangneung-si, Jeo-dong 8).
(Designated Gangwondo Tangible Cultural Property #50).
Location
The approximate location of the pavilion is 37.800633' N, 128.901966' E (WGS 84 map datum).
Bibliography:
All images copyright 2004 Timothy M. Ciccone
The author wishes to thank Lee Baek-kyu, a local resident, for his broad knowledge of Gangneung history and assistance in visiting numerous local sites.
Korean Office of Cultural Properties
Park, Kyung-Rip. Hangukui Geonchuk Munhwajae 3 (Architectural Heritage of Korea, v. 9).
Kimoondang Publishers, 1999. Seoul
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