This cache was hidden in one of the gates of Taipei City Walls.
Taipei City Walls were built in 1882 and completed in 1884 in Qing Dynasty. Decades later, Taiwan was handed over to Japan Emperor in 1895, and the walls started to be demolish because of a new urban planning from Japanese government. Nowadays only the East, South, Side-South, and North Gates still stand in Taipei City. The walls, on the other hands, turned into 4 wide roads in Taipei, ZhongXiao West Rd in the north, ZhongShan South Rd in the east, Aiguo West Rd in the south, and ZhongHua Rd in the west. The rocks taken from the walls were partly used to construct Taipei Prison, where a cache was also hidden.
West gate, also called BaoCheng Gate (寶成門), was demolished by Japanese government for urban planning in 1905. In 2014, in order to celebrate the 100-year-anniversary of Taipei City Walls, a simplified duplication of West Gate was set up next to its original position. Furthermore, if you are interested in the appearance of West Gate, there is an old picture of the gate at Exit 1 of MRT Ximen Station.
這個寶藏被藏在台北城的其中一個城門處。
台北城於清朝年間建城，於1882年開工並在2年後完工。數十年後，台灣於1895年移交給日本帝國統治。由於日人推動新的都市計畫，台北城城牆逐步被拆除。今日僅剩下東門、南門、小南門與北門仍矗立於台北街頭。而原先城牆處則改建為四條馬路，分別為今日的忠孝西路、中山南路、愛國西路與中華路。部分由城牆拆下來的石塊被日人用來新建了 台北監獄，這裡同時也是一個藏寶點喔。
西門又稱作寶成門，於1905年因都市計畫而遭日人拆除。2014年為了慶祝台北建城一百周年，於西門舊址旁邊人行道上建了藝術化後的西門。此外，若你對西門的樣貌有興趣的話，在捷運西門站1號出口的通廊上貼有西門的舊照片。
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