Construction began on this 28 meter-tall reinforced concrete columbarium in 1941 and completed in 1944. It was originally located in front of the Tainan Prefectural Dojo (臺南州國民道場) and contained the ashes of residents and soldiers who perished in World War 2. In the post-war period it was repurposed as an ROC monurment (第三屆全省體育會紀念塔) with a new inscription. By 2019 it was extremely dilapidated and in need of repair. Inspectors found approximately 3,200 urns inside and made plans to relocate them to a more modern columbarium. In 2022 it was recognized as a historic building but as of 2025 no restoration effort seems to have begun.
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Heritage Status
- Historic Building (歷史建築)
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- KMT Authoritarian Era Taiwan (國民政府時期)
- World War 2 History in Taiwan (台灣第二次世界大戰歷史)
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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.