Seokgatap
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Seokgatap (Korean: 석가탑) is a stone pagoda in South Korea designated as the 21st National Treasure on December 12, 1962. Its full name is Sakyamuni Yeoraesangjuseolbeop Tap, and is sometimes referred to as the Shadowless Pagoda or the Bulguksa Samcheung Seoktap ("three-storied stone pagoda of Bulguksa").
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Seokgatap | |
Korean name | |
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Hangul | 석가탑 |
Hanja | 釋迦塔 |
Revised Romanization | Seokgatap |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏkkat'ap |
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The pagoda stands 10.75 meters high, directly across from Dabotap within the Bulguksa Temple complex in Gyeongju, South Korea. It probably dates to around 751, when Bulguksa was completed.[1]