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監察院廳舍

Control Yuan Building

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Control Yuan Building (監察院廳舍)
Date Captured
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NIKON D3100
Lens
AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G ED II
Aperture
ƒ / 5.6
Shutter Speed
1/125 sec
Focal Length
18.0 mm
ISO
200
Exposure Value
11.9 EV
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3600 × 2400

A late Renaissance-style building designed by Moriyama Matsunosuke (森山松之助) and completed in 1915, originally serving as the Taihoku Prefecture Office (臺北廳) and later the Taihoku State Office (臺北州廳) after the 1920 administrative reorganization. The red brick structure has an L-shaped floor plan anchored by a copper-domed entrance rotunda rising 15 meters over a grand hall supported by Tuscan columns. After 1945 it briefly housed the Taiwan Provincial Government before becoming the seat of the ROC Control Yuan (監察院) in 1958. Designated a national monument in 1998, it is open to the public on Friday mornings and afternoons.

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  • Status:Private (私有)
  • Heritage designation:National Monument (國定古蹟)
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Alexander Synaptic
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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.

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