A Japanese-style wooden residence built for the director of Tainan Prison in 1930. It was one of several structures remaining on the north side of the now-demolished prison in the early 2000s. After years in limbo the building’s cultural status was reorganized under “the wooden buildings of the former Tainan Prison” (原臺南刑務所木造建築群) in 2020. Nowadays it seems likely restoration efforts are in progress.
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- 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)
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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.