Gyeongbuk Province to Repair and Maintain 133 Cultural Properties This Year with 15.2 Billion KRW Investment

On-site survey for cultural heritage restoration and maintenance. (Photo by Gyeongbuk Province)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Ju Cheol-in] Gyeongbuk Province announced on the 30th that it will invest 15.2 billion KRW in cultural heritage restoration and maintenance projects this year.

The province will restore and maintain 133 sites, including Hakchojeong in Yeongyang-gun, Folk Cultural Property No. 64, and Seonsan Hyanggyo in Gumi-si, Tangible Cultural Property No. 465.

They plan to complete the detailed design by March, carry out administrative procedures such as design approval, start construction in April, and complete the work within this year.

To this end, they recently finalized and distributed the "2020 Gyeongsangbuk-do Cultural Heritage Restoration Project Detailed Guidelines" to cities and counties. Gyeongbuk's cultural heritage includes 771 nationally designated sites and 1,391 provincially designated sites, accounting for 15.5% of the nation's cultural heritage.

A Gyeongbuk official stated, “We will continuously monitor the cultural heritage restoration projects to ensure smooth progress and restore them faithfully based on expert verification so that they can become leading tourist resources of Gyeongbuk.”

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