A group of Japanese-style wooden residences built over a period from 1925 to 1935 for officers of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) 2nd Infantry Regiment stationed in Tainan. In the post-war period they were repurposed for use by professors and staff at the nearby National Cheng Kung University. The entire complex was handed over to the city in 2012 and transformed into the 321 Art Alley Settlement (321巷藝術群聚). It was also featured in the 2020 film Little Big Women (孤味).
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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)
- Taiwan Military Villages (台灣眷村)
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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.