Penghu Post Office Introduction
Near Magong Harbor, there is a green building featuring the blue emblem of Chunghwa Telecom. This building was previously the Magong Post Office, established by the Japanese government in 1924 to handle postal services in Penghu at that time. The Penghu Post Office was founded in the 13th year of the Taisho era (1924), and after postal and telecommunications services were separated 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 operations with the telecommunications office and was known as the Penghu Postal and Telecommunications Office. By May of the 38th year of the Republic of China, after postal and telecommunications services became independent, it was renamed Penghu Post Office, specializing in postal services while continuing to operate at the same site as the telecommunications office. The architectural feature of the building is that it was constructed during the popularity of 'western-style architecture,' so the Japanese architect employed a 'mixed Japanese-Western style' design. The floor plan is configured in an L-shape, with the main entrance located at the corner of the L-shape. The building's structure features a 'two-sloped roof' design, while the roof above the main entrance adopts a 'cut-angle roof' form, covered with cement Japanese cultural tiles, resembling the helmet of a Japanese shogun; the symmetrical form of the three windows above the main door is a typical representation of Baroque architecture. [Recommended stay time] 15 minutes
Penghu Post Office
Penghu Post Office
