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MOCA Taipei is Taiwan's first art space dedicated to contemporary work. The red brick building was erected by the Japanese in 1921 and formerly served as Taipei City Hall as well as an elemantary school.
The Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei is a museum of contemporary art, located in Datong District, Taipei, Taiwan.
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北門
Of the five ancient city gates, four are still standing. But of the four, only one is a true historical relic from the Qing Dynasty: the salmon-colored north gate, whose formal name in Cheng'en Gate (承恩門). It was built in a traditional South Fujian architectural style. Its external walls were built with granolithic and brown mosaic tiles from Beitou Kiln.
新芳春茶行
A former tea factory and storefront built in 1934 with blended east-west architecture, now a museum on the history of Taipei tea markets and Taiwanese tea production. The upstairs cafe offers introductory tea tastings.
霞海城隍廟
This historic Taoist temple was built in 1859 to worship Xiahai, the City God (城隍爺), who watched over the citizens in the district and decided a person's fate after death. It might be small, with an area of only about 46 square meters, but it one of Taipei's most important places of worship, and is the area's religious and social center. In addition to Xiahai, this temple is dedicated to 600 gods, including his wife, the old man under the moon, the Eight Officials, civil and military judges, General Fan Xie (seven masters and eight masters), the Eight Generals, Ma Shiye and Yiyong Gong.
台灣基督長老教會大稻埕教會
The architectural design of this church represents a fusion between traditional Chinese and late 19th-century Western style architecture. It maintains a unique position in the modern architecture of Taiwan, being one of only three extant Presbyterian churches in Taipei built during the Japanese occupation period. Historically, men would enter and exit through the left door, and women would enter and exit through the right door.