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A half-timber administrative building completed in 1931, blending Baroque and Romanesque elements in the imperial crown style (帝冠樣式) in Huwei, Yunlin. The first floor is made from red brick, supporting a second storey of exposed timber. During the 228 Incident crowds occupied the building, freed detainees, and seized weapons; the leader of the subsequent Huwei Airfield uprising was killed in front of the entrance. It served as Huwei Police Station from 1950 to 1989 and is now home to the Yunlin Hand Puppet Museum (雲林布袋戲館), a venue for the biennial Yunlin International Puppet Festival.
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- 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)
- Police History in Taiwan (台灣警察歷史)
- 228 Incident in Taiwan (二二八事件)
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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.