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The recorded history of Taipei began with the Han Chinese settling of the Taipei Basin in 1709, leading up to the formation of the national capital of Taiwan and high-tech industry hub and that is now Taipei City. Other notable dates include the 1895 annexation of Taiwan by Japan, during which Taipei began to grow more rapidly, and in the 1950s ...
The center was inaugurated on 16 December 2002 presided by Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou from the former Taipei City Archives. [1] He said that the center was established to let Taipei residents to understand the history of Taipei City better.
The Heritage and Culture Education Center of Taipei City (traditional Chinese: 台北鄉土教育中心; simplified Chinese: 台北乡土教育中心; pinyin: Táiběi Xiāngtǔ Jiàoyù Zhōngxīn) is located in the Bopiliao Historic Block in Wanhua District, Taipei, Taiwan.
In 1976, the historical research committees of Taipei City, Taiwan Province, and Kaohsiung City and relevant units jointly set up the Taiwan Historical Research Center, which was located at the Historical research Committee of Taipei City. [2]: 45 The center had three important tasks: The first was issuing the Correspondence of Taiwan History ...
Taipei (/ ˌ t aɪ ˈ p eɪ / ⓘ; Chinese: 臺北; pinyin: Táiběi), [4] officially Taipei City, [I] is the capital [a] and a special municipality of Taiwan. [7] [8] Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of the northern port city of Keelung.
The cultural center was originally constructed as Taipei Sugar Refinery during the Japanese rule of Taiwan and run from 1911 to 1942. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, the factory was taken over by Taiwan Sugar Corporation. The building was declared the 106th historical site of Taipei in 2003. [1]
As of March 16, 2020, there are 967 historic sites protected under the Cultural Heritage Preservation Act, with 107 designated as national monuments.Tainan City has the most national monuments at 22, followed by Taipei City at 19.
A "National Museum of Historical Artifacts and Fine Arts" was established in a Japanese style building near the Taipei Botanical Garden in 1955. It was renamed "National Museum of History" in 1956 and the building was renovated in a five-floor traditional Chinese Ming and Qing palace style, with four floors for exhibition and staff offices, and one floor for storage.