Xinhua Old Street
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Native name | 新化老街 (Chinese) |
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Type | Street |
Location | Xinhua, Tainan, Taiwan |
Coordinates | 23°02′07.4″N 120°18′29.5″E / 23.035389°N 120.308194°E |
The Xinhua Old Street (Chinese: 新化老街; pinyin: Xīnhuà Lǎojiē) is a street in Xinhua District, Tainan, Taiwan.[1][2][3][4]
History
The street used to be an important business hub in the 1920s engaged in wholesale fruits business. In 1921, the west side of Zhongzheng Road underwent major construction and the east side followed soon afterwards. In 1937, some Japanese government officials ordered the whole buildings along the road to be renovated into Baroque style according to urban plan.
Architecture
Buildings along the street are foreign-style houses with Baroque-style architecture, which was the most modern style of buildings during the Japanese rule of Taiwan.[5]
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Xinhua Old Street.
- ^ "Xinhua Old Street - Tainan Travel(旅遊王TravelKing)". TravelKing.
- ^ "Sinhua Old Street". siraya-nsa.gov.tw.
- ^ roundTAIWANround. "Xinhua Old Street - roundTAIWANround". roundTAIWANround.
- ^ Taiwan-Tour.tw. "Tainan -- Sinhua Dist". taiwan-tour.tw.
- ^ "Xinhua Old Street(新化老街)". Travel Tainan. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
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