That’s a tough question now:
On the way to the Immigrations office I discovered this cool old big house, the walls all covered in plants… it’s right between the Botanical garden and the National Theater (close to the Botanical garden). it’s in this historical area, but on the grounds is no explanation about it. It looks quite amazing and mysterious. I’m going to put a picture up as soon as I get there again - but for now here’re are the gps coordinates…
maybe somebody of you knows anything about it?
25° 2’5.31"N
121°30’42.13"E
According to Google Maps there is the “自由之家” - Freedom House. It’s an “historical site” but the english name just leads to an organization about press freedom etc.
Here is some more random info in Chinese:
編號 A05040
名稱 自由之家
等級 直轄市定古蹟
類別 古蹟
行政區 中正區
地址 臺北市中正區愛國西路16號
年代 民國四十六年（西元一九五七年）
And some more here:
Nice find on the link, olm. A blurb there relates the history of the site as a sort of an anti-communist conference center during the old days. I had often wondered what that building was myself.
wow, amazing.
This forum is great! There is always someone who can help! 
Probably a secret police heaquarters…
[quote=“bgrose”]wow, amazing.
This forum is great! There is always someone who can help! :-)[/quote]
The building was orginally a residence for the Japanese president of the Bank of Taiwan. A profile of this property is included in Historical Sites in Taipei II. You really should have a look through the following English/Chinese books.
Historical Sites in Taipei II
eslite.com/product.aspx?pgid … 0691681742
Historical Sites In Taipei I
eslite.com/product.aspx?pgid … 0691672671
One Hundred Historic Sites in Taiwan
books.com.tw/exep/prod/books … 0010334659
I don’t know if this has been posted anywhere here but it has a few nice photos.
Nice work you two guys!
As stated somewhere in the rules, don’t use personal names on 'mosa, please