Taipei North Gate

Taipei North Gate (Chinese: 臺北府城北門), formally Cheng'en Gate (Chinese: 承恩門), is a historical gate in Taipei, Taiwan, and a national monument.^[1][2][3] Constructed in 1884, it is the best-preserved gate of the historical Walls of Taipei. Its design is a two-story closed blockhouse of solid construction with traditional Chinese wooden roof truss and streamlined carved ornamentations. ^[4] Important in the Qing layout of the city, restoring it to visual prominence in the city has been a feature of recent urban planning.^[5][6] It gives its name to Beimen metro station.

Taipei North Gate
臺北府城北門
General information
Location	Taipei
Coordinates	25°02′52″N 121°30′40″E

References

1. "臺北府城—東門、南門、小南門、北門" National Cultural Heritage Web https://nchdb.boch.gov.tw/assets/overview/monument/19980903000001
2. "Taipei City Wall-North Gate (Cheng'en Gate) | Taipei Travel". travel.taipei. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
3. "The North Gate Taipei – the Gate Through the Past | We Fun Taiwan 一起玩台灣". wefuntaiwan.com. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
4. 王庭玫 (2007), p. 50.
5. "第二階段規劃". 西區門戶計畫.
6. CHIU, Kuo-wei. "Urban Transconfiguration of a Colonial-Modern City: Towards Inclusive Historical Metamorphosis."

Bibliography

• 王庭玫, ed. (2007). 臺北市古蹟巡覽 [Historical sites in Taipei] (in Chinese). Vol. 2. Taipei: 藝術家. ISBN 9789867034373.

External Links

• North Gate in a Summer Rainfall in 2024 (YouTube short video, 50 seconds)