A lakeside chapel with white columns and yellow walls on a hilltop above Hanbilou, built in 1971 by Chiang Kai-shek as a private place of worship for his wife Soong Mei-ling. Damaged in the 921 Earthquake and restored by the Sun Moon Lake National Scenic Area Administration in 2003, it now operates under private management as a tourist chapel and wedding venue.
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Links
- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Liberty Times (自由時報)
- Blue Hawaii (沉溺藍色夏威夷)
Themes
- KMT Authoritarian Era Taiwan (國民政府時期)
- Chiang Kai-shek Guesthouses (蔣公行館)
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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.