A two-storey reinforced concrete building completed in 1935 for the 40th Anniversary Taiwan Exposition (始政四十周年記念臺灣博覽會), originally housing public bathing facilities and a local products showroom on the ground floor. In 1952 the navy transferred the building to the presidential office as a southern retreat for Chiang Kai-shek, after which it became known as the Sizihwan Guesthouse (西子灣行館). It fell idle after the 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis when CKS relocated to Chengcing Lake (澄清湖). The building passed to National Sun Yat-sen University (國立中山大學) in 1980 and served as an art gallery for decades. Designated a municipal monument in 2004, it was restored to its Japanese colonial era appearance in 2024 and reopened as 360 Art Space (三六○藝文空間).
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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)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- KMT Authoritarian Era Taiwan (國民政府時期)
- Chiang Kai-shek Guesthouses (蔣公行館)
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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.