Completed in 1917 by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), this was the largest hospital in the colony at the time. It was heavily damaged during US bombing runs in World War 2. In the post-war period it was taken over by the ROC army and continued to operate as a military hospital until 1987. In 2000 the now-derelict building was turned over to National Cheng Kung University and it was declared a heritage site in 2003.
Map
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)
- Health History in Taiwan (臺灣公共衛生發展史)
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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.