A rare example of imperial crown style (帝冠様式) architecture in Penghu, designed by prefectural engineer Sueyasu Takeshi (末安猛) and completed in 1943 as a guesthouse for visiting dignitaries. It was never used for its intended purpose due to the Pacific War. In May 1949, Chiang Kai-shek stayed here for nine days while arranging the withdrawal of Nationalist forces from Shanghai, and it subsequently became his standard lodging when visiting Penghu. An underground wartime command post and escape tunnels were added in the post-war period. Multiple ROC presidents have stayed here, including Chiang Ching-kuo and Lee Teng-hui. Designated a county monument in 1998, it was transferred to county government management in 2000 and opened to the public in 2011.
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Heritage Status
- City Monument (縣(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)
- Penghu Info (澎湖知識服務平台)
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.