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A large 26.8-ha park in the city which contains a number of local landmarks within its grounds.
Chiayi Park is a park at East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan.
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嘉義植物園
A botanical garden which spreads across 8.6 ha of land. It is an experimental ground for planning and developing economical tropical trees. As of 2020, there are 140 tree species in the garden, which is further classified into 47 families and 107 classes.
嘉義孔子廟
A Confucian temple within the Chiayi Park which was built in 1706, but relocated to its current site in 1961.
嘉義市立棒球場
A 10,000-seat stadium built in 1918, and refurbished frequently since. The stadium regularly holds Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) games.
嘉義市史蹟資料館
A museum of local history within the main park in the city. There is a limited amount of material in English, so it may not be as engaging for non-Mandarin speakers.
聖若望主教座堂
The cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiayi.
射日塔
The tower exterior designed was inspired by a giant sacred tree in Alishan. The brown aluminum pattern mimics the wood grain of the tree and the center is left with a 40-m-high empty space that mimics the crack in the center of that giant sacred tree. The interior bronze sculpture is inspired by the "Sun-Shooting" legend of Taiwanese aborigines. This bronze-made sculpture is 24 meters tall and 3 meters wide.