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신계사

온정리, North Korea

신계사

Singyesa (Korean: 신계사) is a Korean Buddhist temple located in Onjong-ri in Kosong County, Kangwon Province, North Korea. Once one of the largest of the hundreds of temples located in scenic Mount Kumgang, the complex was destroyed by US bombings during the Korean War. It was reconstructed in 2004 as

an inter-Korean cultural project. It is listed as National Treasure #95.

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