Penghu Post Office Introduction
Near Magong Harbor, there is a green building featuring the blue emblem of Chunghwa Telecom. This building was formerly the Magong Post Office, established by the Japanese government in 1924 to handle postal services in Penghu. The Penghu Post Office was founded in the 13th year of the Taisho era (1924), and after the postal and telecommunications services were separated in 1942, it was renamed "Penghu Post Office." In August of the 35th year of the Republic of China, it merged with the telecommunications bureau and was called the Penghu Post and Telecommunications Bureau. By May of the 38th year of the Republic of China, the postal and telecommunications services became independent again, and the name was changed to Penghu Post Office, which specialized in postal services while still sharing the same office location with the telecommunications bureau. The architectural feature is that it was built during the popularity of "Western-style buildings," so Japanese architects used a "Western and Japanese 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 features a "two-slope roof" design, and the main entrance roof is in the form of a "cut angled roof," covered with cement Japanese cultural tiles that resemble the helmets of Japanese shoguns; the symmetrical form of the three windows above the main entrance is a typical representation of Baroque architecture. 【Recommended stay time】 15 minutes.
Penghu Post Office
Penghu Post Office
