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Taipei, through time.

Discover Taipei’s history, age reference and living heritage.

A city has many beginnings. Ages below count calendar years to 2026 from the stated milestone, not exact birthdays or the first human presence. Illustrations are AI-created artistic interpretations, not historical evidence.

Imagined late nineteenth-century Taipei city gate and market, stone walls and traditional tiled roofs, people with baskets.
Imagined late nineteenth-century Taipei city gate and market, stone walls and traditional tiled roofs, people with baskets. · AI illustration

City walls completed

Taipei

142 yearsfrom 1884 CE to 2026

Taipei's Qing-era city walls were completed in 1884, after construction began in 1882. The walls joined a landscape with older communities and trading districts. Surviving gates help visitors understand the city's later development.

Remember, celebrate, explore

Look for the surviving gates and imagine how the walled city connected with its neighboring settlements.

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