A lighthouse on the Qilai Cape north of Hualien Port, originally built in 1931 during the Japanese colonial era. Bombed by Allied aircraft in 1943, it was rebuilt in 1963 as a white pentagonal reinforced concrete tower to support the opening of Hualien Port as an international port. Not open to the public.
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
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- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- World War 2 History in Taiwan (台灣第二次世界大戰歷史)
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Alexander Synaptic
Curator, Spectral Codex
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.