Penghu Post Office Introduction
Near Magong Harbor, there is a green building with a blue emblem of Chunghwa Telecom. This building was formerly the Magong Post Office, which was established by the Japanese government in 1924 to handle postal services in Penghu at that time. The Penghu Post Office was established in the 13th year of the Taisho era (1924), and after the separation of postal and telecommunications services in the 17th year of the Showa era (1942), it was renamed the "Penghu Post Office." In August of the 35th year of the Republic of China, it merged with the telecommunications office and was called the Penghu Post and Telecommunications Office. By May of the 38th year of the Republic of China, postal and telecommunications services became independent again, and the name changed to the Penghu Post Office, specializing in postal services while still operating at the original site with the telecommunications office. The architectural feature is that it was built during the trend of "Western-style architecture," so the Japanese architect used a "Wa-Yo mixed style" design. The building has an L-shaped layout, with the main entrance located at the corner of the L shape. The roof structure adopts a "two-pitched roof" design, and the main entrance's roof is in a "canted roof" style, covered with cement-made Japanese cultural tiles that resemble the helmets of Japanese shoguns; the symmetrical form of the three windows above the main entrance is also a typical representation of Baroque architecture. 【Recommended stay time】 15 minutes.
Penghu Post Office
Penghu Post Office
