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Formally known as Church of the Conversion of St. Paul but generally referred to as Matai’an Catholic Church (馬太鞍天主堂), this church in Guangfu was built in 1964 by a French priest and local parishioners. The church was heavily damaged by flooding in September 2025 when a landslide dam on Matai’an River (馬太鞍溪) overflowed, but it has since been cleaned up and repaired.
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- Backpacker Daddy(老爹背包客)
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- Christianity in Taiwan (臺灣基督教)
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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.