228 Peace Memorial Park
No. 3 Ketagalan Blvd, Liming, Zhongzheng District, 100006, Taiwan
228 Peace Memorial Park is Taipei's most historically significant green space — a park in the civic centre of the city that memorialises the February 28 Incident of 1947, when the KMT government's suppression of an anti-government uprising led to the massacre of an estimated 18,000-28,000 Taiwanese civilians.
Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
No. 21 Zhongshan S Rd, Dongmen, Zhongzheng District, 100011, Taiwan
The Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall is Taipei's most imposing landmark — a white marble and blue-tile monument on a 25-hectare plaza that honours the Republic of China's founding leader and is simultaneously a political monument, a cultural venue, and the most contested piece of architecture in Taiwan.
Dadaocheng & Dihua Street
No. 4 Dihua St, Fengnian Village, Taitung City, 950022, Taiwan
Dadaocheng is Taipei's oldest commercial district — a neighbourhood of Baroque and Art Deco shophouses along Dihua Street that has been the centre of Taipei's tea, fabric, and dried goods trade since the 1850s.
National Palace Museum
No. 221 Zhishan Rd Sec 2, Linxi, Shilin District, 111001, Taiwan
The National Palace Museum houses the world's largest collection of Chinese art — nearly 700,000 artifacts spanning 8,000 years that were brought to Taiwan by Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government when they fled the Chinese mainland in 1949.
Presidential Office Building
No. 122, Section 1, Chongqing South Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei
The Presidential Office Building is Taiwan's most important government building — a red-brick and concrete structure completed in 1919 as the Governor-General's Office of Japanese-controlled Taiwan and now serving as the office of the President of the Republic of China.
Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
No. 505, Section 4, Renai Road, Xinyi District, Taipei
The Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is a monument to the founder of the Republic of China — a massive Chinese palace-style building in the Xinyi District that houses a 5.
Taipei Confucius Temple
No. 275, Dalong Street, Datong District, Taipei
The Taipei Confucius Temple is a Southern Fujian-style temple completed in 1939 that honours Confucius with the traditional rites and architectural conventions that have been practised across the Chinese world for over 2,000 years.
Tamsui (Danshui) Old Street & Fort San Domingo
Zhongzheng Rd, Qingwen Village, Tamsui District, 251018, Taiwan
Tamsui is the riverside town at the end of the MRT Red Line — a 40-minute ride from central Taipei that takes you to a former port town where Fort San Domingo (a 17th-century Spanish and later Dutch fort), a Japanese-era customs house, and the waterfront old street (lined with stalls selling iron eggs, fish crackers, and ā-gěi — a fried tofu pouch stuffed with glass noodles) provide a half-day excursion that covers 400 years of Taiwanese history.
Wistaria Tea House
No. 1 Xinsheng S Rd Sec 3 Ln 16, Longpo, Daan District, 106021, Taiwan
The Wistaria Tea House is the most historically significant tea house in Taipei — a Japanese-era wooden house that served as a secret meeting place for democracy activists and intellectuals during the martial law era (1949-1987) and has been a designated heritage site since 1997.
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