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[[File:Wongaksa-tower.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Ten-story stone pagoda of Wongaksa in [[Tapgol Park]]. [[National Treasure of Korea]] #2]]
*''Built: [[1465]]''
*''Korean/Japanese'': 円覚寺 ''(Wongaksa / Engakuji)''
Wongaksa was a notable Buddhist temple in Hanseong ([[Seoul]]), established by [[King Sejo]] of [[Joseon]] in [[1465]]. The former site of the temple is today [[Tapgol Park]], a public park associated with the 20th century anti-Japanese independence movement.
The temple was established by King Sejo in 1465. Two years later, in [[1467]], a ten-story stone pagoda was completed, and in [[1471]], King Sejo ordered the construction of a monument recording the construction and dedication ceremony. The temple fell into decline by the end of the 15th century, or in the early 16th century, however, as [[King Yeonsangun]] had homes in that neighborhood pulled down; in the process, the temple lost many of its local supporters.
The pagoda and stone monument are all that survive of the temple today; they remain on the former site of the temple, in what later became Seoul's first public park, and have been designated [[National Treasures of Korea]] #2 and #3.
==References==
*Plaques in Tapgol Park.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/35221651510/sizes/l]
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]
*''Built: [[1465]]''
*''Korean/Japanese'': 円覚寺 ''(Wongaksa / Engakuji)''
Wongaksa was a notable Buddhist temple in Hanseong ([[Seoul]]), established by [[King Sejo]] of [[Joseon]] in [[1465]]. The former site of the temple is today [[Tapgol Park]], a public park associated with the 20th century anti-Japanese independence movement.
The temple was established by King Sejo in 1465. Two years later, in [[1467]], a ten-story stone pagoda was completed, and in [[1471]], King Sejo ordered the construction of a monument recording the construction and dedication ceremony. The temple fell into decline by the end of the 15th century, or in the early 16th century, however, as [[King Yeonsangun]] had homes in that neighborhood pulled down; in the process, the temple lost many of its local supporters.
The pagoda and stone monument are all that survive of the temple today; they remain on the former site of the temple, in what later became Seoul's first public park, and have been designated [[National Treasures of Korea]] #2 and #3.
==References==
*Plaques in Tapgol Park.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/35221651510/sizes/l]
[[Category:Temples]]
[[Category:Sengoku Period]]