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remains of the Kowloon Walled City and Yamen Building 1847 Kowloon: St. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong: 1847 Victorian Gothic Central: Bishop's House: 1848 Tudor Revival Central: Government House, Hong Kong: 1855 Charles St George Cleverly Colonial / Japanese Central: Old Stanley Police Station: 1859 Victorian Stanley: University Hall (University ...
Upload another image H0206 Old Victoria Barracks, Former Explosives Magazine Justice Drive, Central Upload another image H0008 The Hong Kong Catholic Cathedral of Immaculate Conception No. 16 Caine Road, Central Upload another image H0564 West Point Filters Bungalow No. 50 Kotewall Road, Mid-Levels Now part of the Lung Fu Shan Environmental Education Centre. Upload another image H0009 Bishop's ...
Kowloon Walled City (Chinese: 九龍寨城) was an extremely densely populated and largely lawless enclave within the boundaries of Kowloon City, British Hong Kong. Built as an imperial Chinese military fort , the walled city became a de jure enclave after the New Territories were leased to the United Kingdom in 1898.
Declared monuments of Hong Kong are places, structures or buildings legally declared to receive the highest level of protection. In Hong Kong, declaring a monument requires consulting the Antiquities Advisory Board, the approval of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong as well as the publication of the notice on the Hong Kong Government Gazette.
Upload another image H0050 Ex-Commodore's House Bowen Road, Central Houses Mother's Choice Limited Upload another image H0531 First Church of Christ, Scientist (Hong Kong) No. 31 MacDonnell Road, Central Upload another image H0489 Former Peak School No. 7 Gough Hill Path, The Peak Used as the Victoria Peak Fire Station since 1967. Upload another image H0143 Fung Ping Shan Building, University ...
Upload another image H0754 Elliot Pumping Station & Filters, Treatment Works Building Pok Fu Lam Road, Kennedy Town Upload another image H0316 London Mission Building Nos. 78-80 Robinson Road, Mid-levels Now a private clubhouse. Upload another image H0183 Main Block, Tung Wah Hospital No. 12 Po Yan Street, Sheung Wan Upload another image H0510 Matilda and War Memorial Hospital No. 41 Mount ...
At present, Hong Kong has the world's biggest skyline with a total of 7,681 skyscrapers, placing it ahead of even New York City, despite the fact that New York is larger in area. [8] Most of these were built in past two decades. [8] Many skyscrapers in Hong Kong feature holes in them called "dragon gates".
The compound is a declared monument since 1994 as it is one of the four oldest surviving government buildings in Hong Kong. [5] [6] The Compound and the Old Kowloon Fire Station have been re-developed into a heritage hotel with food and beverage outlets and retail facilities in a project headed by architect Daniel Lin of A+T Design, opened in ...