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Taipei, Taiwan

Visual Index of Taipei Sites:
Site name and description
Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial, (15th century)
An artificial mound north of the Forbidden City
Grand Hotel, (1952, burned 1995, restored 1998)
Taipei's oldest and grandest hotel
Lungshan Temple (originally 1738, rebuilt 1953 onwards)
"Dragon Mountain Temple" - the oldest temple in Taipei
Martyrs' Shrine 
Commemorates those who died in China's innumerable wars
National Palace Museum
Repository of ancient Chinese art transferred from the mainland in 1949
Presidential Palace (originally 1895, rebuilt 1949 onwards)
Taiwan's equivalent of the White House
Taipei street scenes

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