2. Singyeongju Station

3. Middle 4 lines are for Gyeongbu High-Speed Railroad, left 2
lines and right 2 lines are for Donghae Nambu Line
Singyeongju Station

4. Singyeongju Station

5. Cheonma,
or the
“Heavenly
Horse”

6. Bomun Tourist
Complex
Statue of Queen
Seondeok and the
important
officials of Shilla

7. Spring in
Gyeongju

8. Gyeongju Yangdong Folk Village [UNESCO World Heritage]

9. Gyeongju Yangdong Village [UNESCO World Heritage]

10. Gyeongju Yangdong Village [UNESCO World Heritage]

11. Art from a thousand years of Silla at the Gyeongju National Museum

12. Gyeongju
Arts center

13. Gyeongju
Arts center

14. Gyeongju
Arts center

15. Gyeongju Arts
center

16. Bell Tower of
Seokguram
Grotto, World
Cultural
Heritage Site
UNESCO

17. Bulguksa temple, World
Cultural Heritage Site UNESCO,
roof detail

18. Bulguksa
temple, World
Cultural
Heritage Site
UNESCO,
roof detail
Bulguksa
temple,
Dabotap
Pagoda (The
Pagoda of
Many
Treasures)
supposed to
have been
built in 751

19. Bulguksa
temple,
World
Cultural
Heritage Site
UNESCO,
the Dharma
drum
The
National
Museum
has
this
full-scale
replica
of
Dabotap,
or
Pagoda
of
Many
Treasures

20. Gyeongju National Museum, outdoor exhibition

21. Gyeongju
Hwabaek
International
Convention
Center
(HICO),
Bomun
Turist
Complex
Bomun
Gyeongju
Tower
World
Culture
Expo
Park
Bomun
Lake

22. Gyeongju
Hwabaek
International
Convention
Center (HICO),
Bomun Turist
Complex

23. Gyeongju
Hwabaek
International
Convention
Center

24. Gyeongju Tower
World Culture
Expo Park
Bomun Lake

25. Gyeongju Tower
and Gyerimji
Pond in the
Gyeongju World
Culture Expo
Park Bomun
Lake

26. Lake Walking Trail in Bomun Tourist Complex, the international tourist district of Gyeongju
Jungdo Tower Gyeongju World Culture Expo Park, Bomun Touristic Complex

27. Cheonma, or the
“Heavenly Horse”
in East Palace
Garden

28. Dongguk
University
Gyeongju
Hospital

29. Forsythia, city flower of Gyeongju

30. Gyeongju Rolling
Pin Cafe

31. Cheomseongdae
Observatory,
UNESCO World
Heritage Site
along with
other Gyeongju
Historic Areas

32. Gyeongju
Donggung
Palace
and
Wolji
Pond

33. Gyeongju Eupseong
Fortress

35. Royal Tomb of
King Heungdeok

36. Wolseong Park Belt -
Woljeonggyo Bridge

37. Wolseong Park Belt - Woljeonggyo Bridge

38. Bomun
Touristic
Complex
in
spring
Gyochon
Traditional
Village

39. Gyochon Traditional Village

40. Jjoksaem Excavation Site, cemetery of
Silla royal families and aristocrats

41. Stone tortoise and
stele of King Muyeol

42. Oriental magpie (Pica serica)
City bird of Gyeongju

43. Geumgwangchong
Gold Crown,
(Seul Museum)
One of the pendants
of Geumgwangchong
(which means Gold
Crown from Gold
Crown tomb)

44. Gold Earrings from Bubuchong Tomb, Gyeongju, mid-6th century, Silla

45. Silla tumuli

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47. Rock-carved
Seated
Buddha
in
Bulgok
Valley
of
Namsan
Mountain,
Gyeongju,
known
as
Grandmother
Buddha,
claimed
that
Queen
Seondeok
was
the
model
Queen Seondeok and the important officials of Shilla, in Bomun Tourist Complex

48. Gyeongju was the capital of the Silla kingdom (57 BCE–935 CE), and
its ancient name was Seorabeol, which means “Capital.” Gyeongju plain,
surrounded by a double range of hills and mountains, formed a natural
fortress for the city. Gyeongju has hundreds of ancient historical remains
such as temples, stone pagodas, imperial mausoleums, mounds, and
castle sites; collectively, these were designated a UNESCO World
Heritage site in 2000. The city’s national museum is one of the country’s
finest, containing many treasures of the Silla kingdom

49. For a thousand years, the royal
city of Gyeongju was the capital
of the Silla Kingdom in central
Korea. From the first to the
tenth centuries, Gyeongju
reigned as the spiritual,
cultural, and political heart of
the Korean peninsula, a city of
immense wealth and power.
Burial mounds, temple sites,
rock sculptures, and the ruins
of fortresses and pagodas fill
the city and surrounding area.
Gyeongju’s beauty is enhanced
by the fact that it is far less
congested than many cities in
Korea, with tree-lined streets
and colorful flowers. No where
else does the spirit of ancient
Korea seem as vibrant and
immediate, making it one of
the most visited destinations in
the country