Railway Department Of The Office Of The Governor-General Of Taiwan
The Railway Department of the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan ( zh, 台灣總督府交通局鐵道部) is a National Historic Site in Taiwan, also known as the Taihoku Railway Bureau or the Railway Department of the Office of the Governor-General of Taiwan's Bureau of Transportation. The site, near the Taipei North Gate, was in use for railway administration during the late Qing dynasty, but the extant building is a Japanese colonial administrative building in Taipei dating from 1919. It was granted national monument status in 2007, and is a part of the National Taiwan Museum The National Taiwan Museum (NTM; ), established in 1908, is the oldest museum in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was founded by the colonial government during Taiwan's period of Japanese rule. The museum is located in Zhongzheng District, T .... References 1919 establishments in Taiwan 2007 establishments in Taiwan Museums established in 2007 Railway museums in Taiwan National ...
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Taipei North Gate
Constructed in 1884, Taipei North Gate (), formally Cheng'en Gate (), is the best-preserved gate of the Walls of Taipei, and is a National Monument of Taiwan. Its design is a 2-story closed blockhouse of solid construction with traditional Chinese wooden roof truss and streamlined carved ornamentations. Important in the Qing layout of the city, restoring it to visual prominence in the city has been a feature of recent urban planning.CHIU, Kuo-wei. "Urban Transconfiguration of a Colonial-Modern City: Towards Inclusive Historical Metamorphosis." It gives its name to Beimen metro station. References References

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