Chiayi Prison (嘉義舊監獄) - Spectral Codex
Chiayi Prison (嘉義舊監獄)

The most well-preserved of the original Japanese colonial era prisons remaining in Taiwan. This one was completed in 1922. Public visits only by guided tour.

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  • National Monument (國定古蹟)

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