Yeongcheon Joyang Pavilion
6 Munhwawon-gil, Yeongcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do (Changgu-dong)
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Joyang Pavilion stands prominently on the northern bank of the Yeongcheon River. Built in 1368 (the 17th year of King Gongmin of Goryeo) by the local governor Yi Yong together with local Confucian scholars, it is regarded as one of the three great pavilions of Yeongnam along with Yeongnamnu in Miryang and Chokseongnu in Jinju. It was originally known as Myeongwollu or Seoseoru, and various buildings once stood around it, but all were destroyed during the Imjin War. The five-bay by three-bay pavilion has more than 80 plaques engraved with poems by countless notable figures and poets who passed through the region, and within the grounds are monuments including the Sannam Uijibi, the Yeongcheon Victory Stele, the Baek Sin-ae Literary Monument, and the Hwangseong Engteo Song Stele.