Pine Garden

Coordinates: 23°58′57.4″N 121°36′55.5″E / 23.982611°N 121.615417°E / 23.982611; 121.615417

Pine Garden
松園別館
General information
Type Former military office
Location Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan
Opening 1943

The Pine Garden (Chinese: 松園別館; pinyin: Sōngyuán biéguǎn) is a former Japanese military office in Hualien City, Hualien County, Taiwan.

History

The area was built in 1943 during the Japanese rule as a military office. The building used to be located inside a pine forest, thus earning the name. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, the facility was used as a vacation resort for the United States Armed Forces. In 2000, the Hualien County Government designated the area as a historical building. The government has renovated it into a cultural center and the Council for Cultural Affairs opened it as a tourist attractions to the public in 2001.[1][2]

Architecture

The area is located at the highest point of Hualien City.

See also

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References

  1. "Pine Garden". roundTAIWANround.
  2. "Hualien Tourist Service Network". hl.gov.tw.
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