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Former British Consulate at Takao, Kaohsiung, Taiwan




The British Consulate at Takao is a former British consulate built in 1865 in the city of Kaohsiung in south-west Taiwan and was the first western-style building built on the island. It has been designated as a 2nd Class Historic Site by the Taiwanese Ministry of the Interior.
Located in Gushan District it lies at the peak of Shaochuantou and overlooks Sizihwan Bay and Kaohsiung Port . It currently serves as a cafe and tourist attraction.


前清打狗英國領事館及領事官邸是兩座建於1879年的英式建築,領事館位於高雄港(清打狗港)口北岸的哨船頭碼頭邊,是當時英國政府於打狗掌理領事業務工作的重要據點。在臺灣目前現存的西式近代建築中,打狗英國領事館及官邸的年代最為久遠。
領事官邸則位於基地高度離水面約30公尺的小山上,東側、西側及南側皆緊臨陡峭的懸崖,北側連接鼓山,形成背面靠山、三面環水的形勢。領事館與領事官邸之間建有石階相通。1895年甲午戰爭後,臺灣進入日治時期,1901年,英國政府進行領事官邸整修,外牆紅磚敷以水泥,以避免空氣中海鹽成分對磚面的侵蝕。1908年,日本積極建設高雄港,哨船頭及旗後山均被劃入港口要塞之範圍,英國因此放棄打狗領事建物的使用權。1925年,由日人接收使用,領事館改作為高雄水產試驗所,領事官邸改作高雄海洋觀測所。日治時期結束後又逢多次風災,處處斷垣殘壁。直至1985年後「打狗英國領事官邸建築物」方才開始進行修復。1987年中華民國內政部公告打狗英國領事館(實為打狗英國領事官邸)為二級古蹟,並闢為高雄史蹟文物館。
由於政權及產權的多次轉移以及資料的誤用,數十年來,山丘下碼頭邊的領事館建築物一直未被重視,而山丘上的領事官邸建築物,卻一直被誤認為英國領事館。


References sources : wikipedia

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