Completed in 1875, this was a trading house for the German company Julius Mannich & Co. established after the Treaty of Tientsin opened Anping to foreign trade in 1858. It mainly traded in sugar and camphor. After Taiwan was conquered by Japan in 1895 foreign trade was drastically curtailed and the company soon withdrew. The colonial government repurposed the building as a government office. In the post-war era it became a residence for the administrator of the nearby salt production fields.
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Heritage Status
- Municipal Monument (直轄市定古蹟)
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
- Commonwealth Magazine (天下雜誌)
Themes
- Qing Dynasty Era Taiwan (清治時期台灣)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.