A strategic hilltop at the eastern margins of Taipei Basin not far from the primary National Taiwan University campus. It is home to Huanmin New Village (煥民新村), a military dependents’ village for members of ROCAF, as well as a semi-legal shanty town assembled over many decades. In 2016 it was recognized as a cultural landscape by the city government. In the early 2020s it was partially redeveloped for tourism, much like what was done with the nearby Treasure Hill.
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Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
Themes
- KMT Authoritarian Era Taiwan (國民政府時期)
- Taiwan Military Villages (台灣眷村)
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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.