The Monopoly Bureau Building is a
Renaissance-style red brick building located in
Nan Chang Street,
Taipei City
Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the ...
,
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 ...
. It is in the
Zhongzheng District
Zhongzheng District (also Jhongjheng District) is a district in Taipei. It is home to most of the national government buildings of the Republic of China (Taiwan), including the Presidential Office, the Executive Yuan, the Control Yuan, the ...
, near Aiguo West Road, Park Road and Nanchang intersection ring, and Taipei's city south gate. It is also located nearby the
Republic of China Ministry of Finance and the
President of the Republic of China's Official Residence. The building was built in 1913 during the
Japanese rule of Taiwan
The island of Taiwan, together with the Penghu Islands, became a dependency of Japan in 1895, when the Qing dynasty ceded Fujian-Taiwan Province in the Treaty of Shimonoseki after the Japanese victory in the First Sino-Japanese War. The shor ...
.
The building was designed by the architect and constructed in 1913 by the
Kobe Group. The six-story tower topped with a spire is the most unusual feature of the building. In addition to a six-story tower, the building is also decorated with a copper roof.
The building housed the offices of the ''Monopoly Bureau of the Taiwan Governor's Office'' during Japanese rule and the ''Taiwan Tobacco and Wine Monopoly Bureau'' under ROC rule. It now houses the headquarters office for the
Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation
Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation (TTL; ), is a state-owned manufacturer and distributor of cigarettes and alcohol, and also formerly (until 2002) a state-sanctioned alcohol beverage brewing and retailing monopoly, in Taiwan. Its most famo ...
.
References
External links
Monopoly Bureauat the Bureau of Cultural Heritage website
1913 establishments in Taiwan
Government buildings completed in 1913
Buildings and structures in Taipei
National monuments of Taiwan
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