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Selected city: 안성시
Historic sites & memorials
안성시
On a slope at the entrance to Deokbong-ri, a village in Yangseong-myeon, Anseong, stands Deokbong Seowon, a Confucian academy dedicated to Oh Du-in (1624–1689), an official who lost his life for speaking out under King Sukjong. It is small…
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안성시
More than 2,000 earthenware crocks lined up against a backdrop of pine trees: even in photos, the sight makes you stop. Seoil Farm in Iljuk-myeon, Anseong, is a traditional jang farm where Korean soybeans are turned into meju and then into…
Churches & monasteries
안성시
On the north-eastern slopes of Seounsan, the highest mountain around Anseong, a long flight of stone steps climbs through the woods to a temple whose main hall looks down from the top terrace. Seoknamsa has only a handful of buildings, but…
Historic sites & memorials
안성시
On a lawn next to the Anseong sports complex stands a tiled building that looks like any other traditional hanok. In fact it is the *oldest surviving gaeksa, or official guesthouse, in Korea. Built before 1363, in the reign of the Goryeo k…