Designed by Japanese architect Kondo Juro and completed in 1908, the Red House was the first government-run public market in Taiwan. After the war part of it was repurposed as a performance venue for traditional opera (紅樓劇場). This space, in turn, was eventually converted into a cinema (紅樓戲院), for which there is a separate listing. More recently the entire building was restored and revitalized, and it is now filled with boutique stores and surrounded by some of the better open-air dining and pubs in the city.
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Heritage Status
- Municipal Monument (直轄市定古蹟)
Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
Nearby Locations
Author
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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.