Visual Index of Taipei Sites (Site name and description)
Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial (1976-80)
Commemorates Chiang Kai-Shek, who lead Nationalist China until his death in 1975.
Grand Hotel Grand Hotel (1952, burned 1995, restored 1998)
Taipei's oldest and grandest hotel
Lungshan Temple Lungshan Temple (originally 1738, rebuilt 1953 onwards)
"Dragon Mountain Temple" - the oldest temple in Taipei
Martyrs' Shrine Martyrs' Shrine
Commemorates those who died in China's innumerable wars
National Palace Museum National Palace Museum (1965)
Repository of ancient Chinese art transferred from the mainland in 1949
Presidential Palace Presidential Palace (originally 1895, rebuilt 1919 and 1945)
Taiwan's equivalent of the White House

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All images copyright 2002 by Professor Robert D. Fiala of Concordia University, Nebraska, USA