Taipei North Gate

Taipei North Gate
臺北府城北門
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General information
LocationTaipei
Coordinates25°02′52″N 121°30′40″E / 25.04772°N 121.51121°E / 25.04772; 121.51121

Taipei North Gate (Chinese: 臺北府城北門), formally Cheng'en Gate (Chinese: 承恩門), is a historical gate in Taipei, Taiwan, and a national monument.[1][2][3] Constructed in 1884, it is the best-preserved gate of the historical Walls of Taipei. Its design is a two-story closed blockhouse of solid construction with traditional Chinese wooden roof truss and streamlined carved ornamentations. [4] Important in the Qing layout of the city, restoring it to visual prominence in the city has been a feature of recent urban planning.[5][6] It gives its name to Beimen metro station.

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  4. ^ 王庭玫 (2007), p. 50.
  5. ^ "第二階段規劃". 西區門戶計畫.
  6. ^ CHIU, Kuo-wei. "Urban Transconfiguration of a Colonial-Modern City: Towards Inclusive Historical Metamorphosis."