Chiayi Park () is a park at East District,

Chiayi City Chiayi (, Taigi POJ: ''Ka-gī''; ), officially known as Chiayi City, is a city located in the plains of southwestern Taiwan. Formerly called ''Kagee'' during the late Qing dynasty and ''Kagi'' during the Japanese era (), its historical name ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

History

The park was built in 1911 during the

Japanese era The , also known as , is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme. The second element is a number which indicates the year number within the era (with the first year being ""), followed by the literal ...

. It was once renamed to Zhongshan Park in 1949, but reverted to its current name in 1997.

Architecture

The park spans over an area of 26.8 hectares. The park features the Sun-Shooting Tower,

Chiayi Confucian Temple The Chiayi Confucian Temple () is a Confucian temple in Chiayi Park, East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan. History The temple was originally built in 1706. In 1815, the temple restoration stele was inscribed and erected. In 1907, an earthquake ...

and

Kagi Shrine was a Shinto shrine located in previously ''Soa-a-teng'' (), Kagi City, Tainan Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (modern-day Chiayi Park, Chiayi City, Taiwan). The shrine was built on 28 October 1915 ( Taishō 4) facing south but later altered in 1 ...

Transportation

* Chiayi City Bus Urban Line 6 * Chiayi BRT BRT1(7211)

References

1911 establishments in Taiwan Landforms of Chiayi Parks established in 1911 Parks in Taiwan Tourist attractions in Chiayi {{Taiwan-geo-stub

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