Changhua Railway Hospital

The Changhua Railway Hospital is a building in Changhua City, Changhua County, Taiwan. It was completed in 1938 and opened as the restaurant Kaobinge. Between 1950 and 1984, the building served as a medical facility, taking the name Changhua Railway Hospital from 1971.

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Type: Monument
Description: historic building in Taiwan, formerly a restaurant and subsequently a hospital
Also known as: “Gaobin Pavilion”, “Gaobinge”, “Kaobinge”, and “Ko-pin-koh”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Changhua railway station and Kaihua Temple.

Changhua railway station

Railway station

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Changhua is a railway station in Changhua City, Changhua County, Taiwan served by Taiwan Railway. It is located at the southern junction of the Taichung line and Coastal line, where the line continues onto the southern section of the West Coast line. Changhua railway station is situated 210 metres north of Changhua Railway Hospital.

Kaihua Temple

Buddhist temple

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The Kaihua Temple is a temple in Guanghua Village, Changhua City, Changhua County, Taiwan. Kaihua Temple is situated 250 metres southeast of Changhua Railway Hospital.

Shengwang Temple

Place of worship

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Shengwang Temple is a temple located in Changhua City, Changhua County, Taiwan. The temple is dedicated to Kaizhang Shengwang or Tan Goan-kong, a Tang dynasty official who was instrumental to the founding and development Zhangzhou in Fujian Province, a region where many have migrated to Taiwan from. Shengwang Temple is situated 290 metres south of Changhua Railway Hospital.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Changhua and Hemei.

Changhua

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Changhua, officially known as Changhua City, is a county-administered city and the county seat of Changhua County in west-central Taiwan. For many centuries the site was home to a settlement of Babuza people, a coastal tribe of Taiwanese aborigines.

Hemei

Town

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Hemei Township is an urban township in northwestern Changhua County, Taiwan. It is bordered by the Dadu River to the north, Shengang and Xianxi to the west, Lukang and Xiushui to the south, and Changhua City to the east. Hemei is situated 5 km northwest of Changhua Railway Hospital.