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An impressive bank building completed in 1937, designed by the bank’s own architectural division and built by Shimizu Corporation (清水組). Its Egyptian-inspired colonnade with fluted Doric-style columns and chrysanthemum motifs is nearly identical to the Taipei branch next to 228 Peace Park. Diagonally opposite Hayashi Department Store (林百貨), the building lost its west-facing colonnade to a 1983 road widening. Designated a municipal monument in 1998, it continues to operate as the Taiwan Land Bank Tainan Branch (臺灣土地銀行台南分行).
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Heritage Status
- Municipal Monument (直轄市定古蹟)
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Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Cultural Assets Bureau (文化部文化資產局)
- See Zine (晰誌)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
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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.